Pre-Trial Chamber I informs the United Nations Security Council and the Assembly of States Parties about Malawi’s non-cooperation in the arrest and surrender of Omar Al Bashir
Today, 12 December 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided that the Republic of Malawi failed to cooperate with the Court by not arresting and surrendering Omar Al Bashir to the Court during his visit to Malawi on 14 October 2011. The Chamber decided to refer the matter to both the United Nations Security Council and the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, founding treaty of the ICC.