On Wednesday, 3 February, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its judgment on whether is will charge Sudan's President Omar al Bashir with genocide, committed in Darfur.
The court in The Hague, last year, found that the material provided by Ocampo in support of his application for a warrant for the arrest of Omar Al Bashir failed to provide reasonable grounds to believe that the Sudanese President had the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa groups.
Consequently, the crime of genocide was not included in the warrant issued for the arrest of Omar Al Bashir.
On 6 July, 2009, Ocampo appealed the decision, in relation to that charge, submitting to the Appeals Chamber that the majority of Pre-Trial Chamber I erred when requiring that the existence of reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed the alleged crime must be the only reasonable conclusion from the evidence presented by the Prosecutor.
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