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Bashir to be handed over to ICC after local charges

Omar al Bashir. The former President faces economic crimes cases that could stretch over to criminal ones. [File, Standard]

The new administration in Sudan has given its first major indication that it could hand over former President Omar al Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face crimes against humanity charges.

Sudanese Minister for Justice Nasreen Abdulbari said Bashir’s fate was first in the hands of the country’s Judiciary who will have to decide a number of corruption cases he is facing.

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