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Original: English No.: ICC-02/05-01/09Date: 12 July 2010

PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER I

Before: Judge Sylvia Steiner, Presiding JudgeJudge Sanj i Mmasenono MonagengJudge Cuno Tarfusser

SITUATION IN DAFR, SUDANIN THE CASE OF

THE PROSECUTO R v. OMAR HASSAN AHM AD AL BASHIR ("OMAR ALBASHIR")Publ ic Document

Second Warrant of Arrest for Om ar Hassan A hm ad A l Bashir

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Document to be notif ied in accordance with regulation 31 of the Regulations of the Court to:The Office of the Prosecu tor Cou nsel for the DefenceMr Luis Mo reno Ocamp o, ProsecutorMr Essa Faal, Senior Trial Lawyer

Legal Representatives of VictimsMr Nicholas KaufmanMs Wanda M . AkinMr Raymond M . Brown

Legal Representatives of Applicants

Unrepresented Victims Unrepresented Applicants forPartic ipation/Reparation

The Office of Public Counsel forVictimsMs Paolina M assiddaThe Office of Public Counsel for theDefenceMr Xavier-Jean Keta

States ' Representatives Amicus Curiae

REGISTRYRegistrarMs Silvana A rbiaMr Didier Preira

Defence Support Section

Victims and Witnesses Unit Detention SectionVictims Partic ipation and Reparations OtherSectionMs Fiona McKay

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PRE-TRIAL CHA M BER I of the In te rna t iona l Cr imina l Cou r t ( "Cham ber" and"Court" respect ively);HAVING EXAMINED the "Prosecut ion ' s AppUcat ion under Ar t i c le 58"("Prosecut ion 's Appl icat ion") , f i led by the Prosecut ion on 14 July 2008 in the recordof the s i tuat ion in Darfur , Sudan ("Darfur s i tuat ion") reques t ing the i ssuance of awarrant for the arres t of Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashi r (here inafter referred to as"Omar Al Bashi r") for genocide, cr imes agains t humani ty and war cr imes;^HAVING EXAMINED the suppor t ing mate r i a l and o the r info rmat ion submi t t ed bythe Prosecution;2NOTING the "Dec i s ion on the Prosecut ion ' s Appl i ca t ion fo r a Warrant o f Arres tagains t Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashi r" ("Fi rs t Decis ion")^ i ssued on 4 March 2009,in which the Cha mbe r dec ided:(i) to issue a warrant of arrest against Omar Al Bashir for his alleged responsibil i tyunder ar t ic le 25(3)(a) of the Statute for the cr imes agains t humani ty and war cr imesalleged by the Prosecution;^ and(i i) not to include the counts of genocide l is ted in the Prosecution's Applicationgenocide by ki l l ing (count 1) ; genocide by caus ing ser ious bodi ly or mental harm(count 2); and genocide by deliberately inflict ing condit ions of l i fe calculated to bringabout the group ' s phys ica l des t ruc t ion (count 3)among the cr imes wi th respect towhich the warrant of arres t was i ssued;5

1 ICC-02/05-151-US-Exp; ICC-02/05-151-US-Exp-Anx sl-89; Co rrig en du m ICC-02/05-151-US-Exp-Corrand C orr ig end um ICC-02/05-151-US-Exp-Corr -Anxs l & 2; and Publ ic redacted vers ion ICC-02/05-157and ICC-02/05-157-AnxA.2 ICC-02/05-161 and ICC-02/05-161-Conf-AnxsA-J; ICC-02/05-179 and ICC-02/05-179-Conf-Exp-Anxsl-5; ICC-02/05-183-US-Exp and ICC-02/05-183-Conf-Exp-AnxsA-E.3 ICC-02/05-01/09-3.4 ICC-02/05-01/09-3, page 92.5 Judge Ani ta Usacka par t ly d is sent ing .

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NOTING t he " Judgme n t o n t he Appe a l o f t he P r o se cu t o r aga i ns t t he ' D e c i s i o n o nt he P ro se cu t i o n ' s App l i ca t i o n fo r a War ran t o f Ar r e s t aga i ns t Omar Hassan AhmadAl Bas hi r ' " ( "A ppea ls Decis ion" ) da ted 3 Feb ruary 2010 , in whic h the A pp ealsChamber reversed the Fi rs t Decis ion to the extent tha t the Chamber "dec ided no t toi ssue a warrant o f a r res t in respec t o f the c r ime o f genocide in v iew of an e r roneouss tandard o f proof ( . . . ) " ,7 and dec ided no t to cons ider the subs tance o f the mat te rremanding i t to the Pre-Tr ia l Chamber " fo r a new dec i s ion , us ing the co r rec ts t anda rd o f proof" ;

NOTING t he " Se co nd D e c i s i o n o n t he P ro se cu t i o n ' s App l i ca t i o n fo r a War r an t o fArrest" ,^^ ("Second Decision") in which the Chamber held that i t was sat isf ied thatt he r e we r e r e a so nab le g ro unds t o be l i e ve t ha t Omar Al Bash i r was c r i mi na l lyrespons ib le under a r t i c le 25(3) (a) o f the Sta tu te as an indi rec t perpe t ra to r , o r as anindirect co-perpetrator , for the charges of genocide under ar t icle 6 (a) , 6 (b) and 6 (c)o f the Sta tu te , which were found in tha t dec i s ion to have been commit ted by the GoSforces as par t o f the GoS counter - insurgency campaign, and tha t h i s a r res t appearedto be neces sary u nd er ar t icle 58(1 )(b) of the Rome Statute (" the S tatute ");

NOTING ar t i c les 19 and 58 o f the Sta tu te ;

CONSID ERING t ha t , o n t he bas i s o f t he ma t e r i a l p ro v i de d by t he P r o se cu t i o n i nsuppo r t o f t he P ro se cu t i o n ' s App l i ca t i o n and wi t ho u t p r e jud i ce t o any subse que n tde te rminat ion tha t may be made under a r t i c le 19 o f the Sta tu te , the case aga ins tO m ar A l Bashi r fa ll s wi th in the jur i sd ic t ion of the C our t ; "

6 ICC-02/05-01/09-73.7 ICC-02/05-01/09-73, page 3 .8 ICC-02/05-01/09-73, par a. 42 .9 Ib id .10ICC-02/05-01/09-94.11 As found by the Chamber in the Firs t Decis ion , see ICC-02/05-01/09-3 , paras . 35-45, and rei terated inth e Secon d D e c i s ion , p a r a . 4 1 .

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CONSIDERING tha t , on the bas i s o f the mate r i a l provided by the Prosecut ion insupport of the Prosecut ion 's Appl icat ion, there i s no os tens ible cause or se l f-evidentfactor to impel the Chamber to exercise i ts discretion under art icle 19(1) of the Statuteto determine at this stage the admissibil i ty of the case against Omar Al Bashir;^2

CONSIDERING that there are reasonable grounds to bel ieve: ( i ) that soon af ter theat tack on El Fasher a i rport in Apri l 2003, the Government of Sudan ("GoS") i ssued ageneral call for the mobilisation of the Janjaweed Mili t ia in response to the activi t iesof the SLM/A, the JEM and other armed opposi t ion groups in Darfur , and thereafterconducted, through GoS forces , including the Sudanese Armed Forces and thei rall ied Janjaweed Mili t ia, the Sudanese Police Force, the National Intell igence andSecuri ty Service (" the NISS") and the Humani tar ian Aid Commiss ion (" the HAC"), acounte r - insurgency campaign throughout the Darfur reg ion aga ins t the sa id a rmedopposi t ion groups; and ( i i ) that the counter- insurgency campaign cont inued unt i l thedate of the fi l ing of the Prosecution Application on 14 July 2008;CONSIDERING tha t the re a re reasonable grounds to be l i eve : ( i ) tha t a co recom ponen t of the GoS counte r - insurgency campaign w as the unlawful a t tack on tha tpart of the c ivi l ian populat ion of Darfur - belonging largely to the Fur , Masal i t andZaghawa groups - perceived by the GoS as being close to the SLM/A, the JEM andthe other armed groups opposing the GoS in the ongoing armed confl ic t in Darfur;and ( i i ) that vi l lages and towns targeted as part of the GoS's counter- insurgencycampaign were se lected on the bas is of thei r e thnic composi t ion and that towns andvi l lages inhabi ted by other t r ibes , as wel l as rebel locat ions , were bypassed in orderto a t tack towns and vi l lages known to be inhabi ted by civi l ians belonging to the Fur ,Masa l i t and Zaghawa e thnic groups ;

CONSIDERING tha t the re a re reasonable grounds to be l i eve tha t the a t t acks andacts of violence commit ted by GoS agains t a part of the Fur , Masal i t and Zaghawa12 As found by the Cha mb er in the F irst Decision, see ICC-02/05-01/09-3, para . 51, and reiterated in theSecond Decision, para. 41.N o . ICC-02/05-01/09 5/9 12 Ju ly 2010

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groups took place in the context of a manifes t pat tern of s imi lar conduct di rectedagains t the targeted groups as they were large in scale , sys temat ic and fol lowed as imi lar pat tern;

CONSIDERING tha t the re a re reasonable grounds to be l i eve tha t , a s par t o f theGoS's unlawful a t tack on the above-ment ioned part of the c ivi l ian populat ion ofDarfur and wi th knowledge of such at tack, GoS forces subjected, throughout theDarfur region, thousands of c ivi l ians , belonging primari ly to the Fur , Masal i t andZaghawa groups , to acts of murder and exterminat ion;^3

CONSIDERING that there are reasonable grounds to bel ieve, as wel l , that as part ofthe GoS's unlawful a t tack on the above-ment ioned part of the c ivi l ian populat ion ofDarfur and wi th knowledge of such at tack, GoS forces subjected, throughout theDarfur region, ( i ) thousands of c ivi l ian women, belonging primari ly to the Fur ,Masal i t and Zaghawa groups , to acts of rape; 4 () c ivi l ians belonging primari ly tothe Fur , Masal i t an d Za gh aw a gro up s , to acts of tor tu re ; ^ an d ( ii i) hu nd re ds ofthousands of c ivi l ians , belonging primari ly to the Fur , Masal i t and Zaghawa groups ,to acts of forcible transfer;i6

13 Inclu ding in inter alia ( i) the tow ns of Ko doo m, Bindisi , Mukjar an d Ar aw ala and sur ro un din gvillages in Wadi Salih, Mukjar and Garsila-Deleig locali t ies in West Darfur between August andDecember 2003; ( i i) the towns of Shattaya and Kailek in South Darfur in February and March 2004; ( i i i)be tw een 89 and 92 mainly Za gha wa , Masal i t and Misser iya Jebel towns and v i l lages in Buram Local ityin South Darfur be tween November 2005 and September 2006; ( iv) the town of Muhajer iya in theYasin locali ty in South Darfur on or about 8 October 2007; (v) the towns of Saraf J idad, Abu Suruj,Sirba, Jebel Moon and S i lea towns in Kulbus local i ty in Wes t Darfur be tween January and February2008; and (vi) Shegeg Karo and al-Ain areas in May 2008.14 Inclu ding in inter alia ( i) the town s of Bindisi and A raw ala in W est Darfur bet we en A ugu st andDecember 2003; ( i i) the town of Kailek in South Darfur in February and March 2004; and ( i i i) thetowns of Sirba and Silea in Kulbus locali ty in West Darfur between January and February 2008.15 Including in inter alia: ( i) the town of Mukjar in West Darfur in August 2003; (ii) the town of Kailekin South Darfur in March 2004; and ( i i i) the town of Jebel Moon in Kulbus locali ty in West Darfur inFebruary 2008.16 Including in in ter a l ia ( i ) the towns of Kodoom, Bindis i , Mukjar and Arawala and sur roundingvillages in Wadi Salih, Mukjar and Garsila-Deleig locali t ies in West Darfur between August andDecember 2003; ( i i) the towns of Shattaya and Kailek in South Darfur in February and March 2004; ( i i i)be tw een 89 and 92 mainly Zag haw a, Masal i t and M isser iya Jebel tow ns an d v i l lages in Buram Local ityin South Darfur be tween November 2005 and September 2006; ( iv) the town of Muhajer iya in theYasin locali ty in South Darfur on or about 8 October 2007; and (v) the towns of Saraf J idad, Abu Suruj,

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CONSIDERING tha t tha t the re a re a l so reasonable grounds to be l i eve tha t i nfurtherance of the genocidal pol icy, as part of the GoS's unlawful a t tack on theabove-ment ioned part of the c ivi l ian populat ion of Darfur and wi th knowledge ofsuch at tack, GoS forces throughout the Darfur region ( i ) a t t imes , contamined thewel l s and wate r pumps o f the towns and v i l l ages pr imar i ly inhabi t ed by members o fthe Fur , Masal i t and Zaghawa groups that they at tacked; i7 ( i i ) subjected hundreds ofthousands o f c iv i l i ans be longing pr imar i ly to the Fur , Masa l i t and Zaghawa groupsto acts of forcible transfer;^^ and (i i i ) encouraged members of other tribes, which wereal l ied wi th the GoS, to reset t le in the vi l lages and lands previous ly mainly inhabi tedby members of the Fur , Masal i t and Zaghawa groups; i9

CONSIDERING the re fo re tha t the re a re reasonable grounds to be l i eve tha t , f romsoon after the April 2003 attack on El Fasher airport at least unti l the date of theProsecut ion 's Appl icat ion, GoS forces , including the Sudanese Armed Forces andtheir all ied Janjaweed Mili t ia, the Sudanese Police Force, the NISS and the HAC,commit ted the cr imes of genocide by ki l l ing, genocide by caus ing ser ious bodi ly ormental harm and genocide by del iberate ly inf l ic t ing condi t ions of l i fe calculated tobring about physical des t ruct ion, wi thin the meaning of ar t ic le 6 (a) , (b) and (c)respect ively of the Statute , agains t par t of the Fur , Masal i t and Zaghawa ethnicg r o u p s ;Sirba, Jebel Moon and S i lea towns in Kulbus local i ty in Wes t Darfur be tween January and February2008.17 Phy sicia ns for H u m a n Rig hts, R epo rt, D arfur Assault on Survival, A call for Security, Justice, andResti tution (Anx J44) DAR-OTP-0119-0635 at 0679 which mentions three incidents of destruction ofwater sources .18 UN Security C oun cil Press release, 22 Ap ril 2008 (Anx J38) DAR-OTP-0147-0859 a t 0860; UNSecurity Council 5872 meeting, 22 April 2008 (Anx J52) DAR-OTP-0147-1057 at 1061; UNCOI Material,(Anx J72) DAR-OTP-0038-0060 a t 0065; Com miss ion of Inquiry in to a l legat io ns su r rou ndi ng hu m anr ights v iola tions com mit ted by arm ed g rou ps in the S ta tes of Darfur , Janua ry 2005, Reviewed, Volum e2 (Anx 52) DAR-OTP-0116-0568 at 0604; United Nations Inter-agency Report, 25 April 2004 (Anx J63)DAR-OTP-0030-0066 a t 0067; Third per iodic repo r t of the Uni ted N at io ns Hi gh C om miss ion er forHuman Rights on the human r ights s i tuat ion in the Sudan, Apr i l 2006 (Anx J75) DAR-OTP-0108-0562at 0570-0572, paras . 27 , 35 , 39 , 44; Uni ted Nat ion Human Rights Counci l , Repor t on Human RightsSituations that require the Council 's attention (A/HRC/6/19) (Anx 78) at D AR-OTP-013 8-0116 at 0145-0146; HRW Report, They Shot at Us as We Fled, 18 May 2008, (Anx 80) DAR-OTP-0143-0273 at 0300,0291-0296; Ninth per iodic repor t of the Uni ted Nat ions High Commiss ioner for Human Rights . Sudan(Anx J76) DAR-OTP-0136-0369 at 0372-0374.19 Witness s tatement (AnxJ47) DAR-OTP-0125-0665 at 0716, para.255.

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CONSIDERING tha t t he re a re r easonab le g rounds to be l ieve tha t Omar Al Bash i rhas be en th e de jure and de fac to Pre siden t of the Repu bl ic of the Su dan andCommander- in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces f rom March 2003 unt i l a t leastthe da te of the Pro secu t ion 's Ap pl ica t ion 14 July 2008, and tha t , in tha t posi t ion, heplayed an essent ia l role in coordinat ing, with other high-ranking Sudanese pol i t ica land mi l i t a ry l eade rs , t he des ign and implementa t ion of t he above -ment ioned GoScounte r - insurgency campa ign ;

CONSIDERING, fu r the r , t ha t t he Chamber f inds , in t he a l t e rna t ive , t ha t t he re a rereasonable grounds to be l ieve : ( i ) tha t the role of Omar Al Bashir went beyondcoord ina t ing the des ign and implementa t ion of t he common p lan ; ( i i ) t ha t he was inful l cont rol of a l l branches of the "appara tus" of the Republ ic of the Sudan, inc ludingthe Sudanese Armed Forces and the ir a l l ied Janjaweed Mil i t ia , the Sudanese Pol iceForce , the NISS and the HAC; and ( i i i ) tha t he used such cont rol to secure theimplementa t ion of t he common p lan ;

CONSIDERING tha t , on the bas i s o f t he s t anda rd of p roof a s iden t i f ied by theAp pea l s Cham ber , t he re a re r easonab le g roun ds to be lieve tha t Om ar Al Bash i r ac tedw ith dolus specialis I speciiic i nten t to d estr oy in pa rt th e Fu r, M asalit a nd Za gh aw ae thn ic g roups ;

CONSIDERING tha t , fo r t he above reasons , t he re a re r easonab le g rounds to be l ievethat Omar Al Bashir is c r iminal ly responsible as an indirec t perpe t ra tor , or as anindirect co-perpetrator, under art icle 25(3)(a) of the Statute, for:

i . Gen ocide by ki ll ing, w ithin the m ean ing of ar t ic le 6(a) of the Sta tute ;ii . Genoc ide by caus ing se r ious bod i ly or menta l ha rm, wi th in the mean ing of

art icle 6(b) of the Statute; andiii. Genocide by de l ibera te ly inf l ic t ing condit ions of l i fe ca lcula ted to br ing

about physica l dest ruc t ion, within the meaning of ar t ic le 6(c) of the Sta tute ;

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CONSIDERING that , under ar t ic le 58(1) of the Statute , the arres t of Omar Al Bashi rappears necessary at this stage to ensure (i) that he will appear before the Court; (i i )that he wi l l not obs t ruct or endanger the ongoing inves t igat ion into the cr imes forwh ich he i s a l legedly respo nsible u nd er th e Statute ; and ( ii i) that he wi l l no t cont inu ewith the commiss ion of the above-ment ioned cr imes;

F O R T H E S E R E A S O N S ,

HEREBY ISSUES:A WAR RA NT OF ARRE ST for OM AR AL BASHIR, a male , w ho i s a na t iona l of theRepub l ic of the Sud an, bor n on 1 Janu ary 1944 in Ho she B annag a, Sh endiGovernorate , in the Sudan, member of the Jaal i t r ibe of Northern Sudan, Pres ident ofthe Republ ic of the Sudan s ince his appointment by the RCC-NS on 16 October 1993and e lected as such success ively s ince 1 Apri l 1996 and whose name is a lso spel tOmar al -Bashi r , Omer Hassan Ahmed El Bashi re , Omar al -Bashi r , Omar al -Beshi r ,Omar e l -Bashi r , Omer Albasheer , Omar Elbashi r and Omar Hassan Ahmad el -Bshi r .

Don e in Engl ish, Ara bic and French, the E ngl ish be ing author i t a t ive .

Judg?"Sylv ia S te ine rP re s i d i ng J udge

J u d g e S a n ji M m a s e n o n o M o n a g e n g J u d g e C u n o T a r fu s s er

Da ted this M on da y 12 July 2010A t The H a gu e , The N e t he r l a nds

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