The notorious president of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for a host of human rights abuses, including genocide in Darfur. But with China and Turkey supporting him and the African Union inviting him to serve as guest speaker at its upcoming summit, Bashir appears to have nothing to fear. The International Criminal Court is exposing its inherent weakness. Without power over sovereign states, an indictment is quickly reduced to a loud pronouncement. If it cannot arrest Bashir in order to try him in The Hague, what hope is there for bringing lesser tyrants to justice?

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