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"The European Union should react strongly to the unacceptable stance of the Kenyan authorities after they did not arrest the President of Sudan, who is being sought with an arrest warrant, while he was in Kenya. Omar al-Bashir has been identified by the International Criminal Court as complicit in the genocide which was committed in the province of Darfur. This is the first time the ICC has indicted a head of state who is still in office. The cruel actions of Omar al-Bashir produced thousands of victims, and many of those who survived have been forced to leave their homes and live in exile. The Government of Kenya made a deliberate decision to ignore international obligations. Not only did it host Al-Bashir at the celebrations for the promulgation of the constitution, but it did not take any steps to carry out his arrest. This testifies clearly to the fact that local interests and neighbourly solidarity have proved more important than decisions of the International Criminal Court. However, no one should be exempt from punishment, and especially not a person responsible for such serious crimes. The President of Sudan should bear the consequences of his deeds under international law, and the Kenyan authorities should have helped achieve this. The European Union must make appropriate efforts to convince the countries of the African Union of the necessity of respecting the principles of universal jurisdiction. This is not only in the interests of the authorities, but principally of the citizens of the African Union’s Member States."@en1
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