The ICC's judges also referred the incident to the United Nations Security Council and the court's Assembly of States Parties, which represents the nations that have ratified the ICC. Long-time Sudanese leader Bashir jetted into Jordan in March last year to attend an annual Arab League summit, despite opposition from human rights groups and two ICC warrants out for his arrest. Jordan "regards Omar al-Bashir as a sitting head of state and therefore immune to arrest," based on the international legal principle of comity between states. The appeals judges can then either uphold the court's earlier decision to sanction Jordan, or to scrap the measures. Last year, the ICC's judges ruled that South Africa too flouted its duties to arrest Bashir during a 2015 visit, but they declined to refer the matter to the UN Security Council.

Source: Philippine Star September 10, 2018 17:15 UTC