ICC-02/05-01/09-109 27-08-2010 1/4 RH PT Cour P?nale Internationale International Criminal Court a ^ 1I? V--J^ No.: ICC-02/05-01/09 Date: 27 August 2010 >?. Original: English PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER I Before: Judge Cuno Tarfusser, Presiding Judge Judge Sylvia Steiner Judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng SITUATION IN DARFUR, SUDAN THE PROSECUTOR V. OMAR HASSAN AHMAD AL BASHIR Public Document Decision informing the United Nations Security Council and the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome Statute about Omar Al-Bashir's recent visit to the Republic of Chad No. ICC-02/05-01/09 1/4 27 August 2010 ICC-02/05-01/09-109 27-08-2010 2/4 RH PT Document to be notified, in accordance with regulation 31 of the Regulations of the Court, to: The Office of the Prosecutor Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo Counsel for the Defence Legal Representatives of Victims Legal Representatives of Applicants Unrepresented Victims Unrepresented Applicants for Participation/Reparation The Office of Public Counsel for Victims The Office of Public Counsel for the Defence States Representatives Amicus Curiae REGISTRY Registrar Ms Silvana Arbia Victims and Witnesses Unit Deputy Registrar Mr Didier Preira Detention Section Victims Participation and Reparations Section Others No. ICC-02/05-01/09 2/4 27 August 2010 ICC-02/05-01/09-109 27-08-2010 3/4 RH PT PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER I of the International Criminal Court (the "Chamber" and the "Court", respectively); NOTING the "Registry's report on the recent visits of Omar Al Bashir to the Republic of Chad and the Republic of Kenya",i filed on 27 August 2010, whereby the Registrar, inter alia, informed the Chamber that, according to the information available, Omar Al Bashir had gone to N'Djamena in order to attend the summit of the Sahel-Saharan States on 21 July 2010, allegedly leaving Chad on 23 July 2010; NOTING the warrants of arrest against Omar Al-Bashir issued by the Chamber respectively on 4 March 2009 and 12 July 2010 which are yet to be executed;^ NOTING that the Republic of Chad has an obligation to cooperate with the Court in relation to the enforcement of such warrants of arrest, which stems both from the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593(2005)^ whereby the United Nations Security Council "urge[d] all States and concerned regional and other international organizations to cooperate fully" with the Court, and from article 87 of the Statute of the Court, to which the Republic of Chad is a State Party; CONSIDERING it appropriate to inform the Security Council of the United Nations as well as the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute about the recent visit of Omar Al-Bashir to the Republic of Chad, in order for them to take any action they may deem appropriate; 1 ICC-02/05-01/09-108-Conf ^ _ ^ 2 ICC-02/05-01/09-1 ICC-02/05-01/09-95. 3 S/RES/1593 (2005). No. ICC-02/05-01/09 3/4 27 August 2010 ICC-02/05-01/09-109 27-08-2010 4/4 RH PT FOR THESE REASONS INFORMS the Security Council of the United Nations and the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute about Omar Al-Bashir's visit in the Republic of Chad allegedly between 21 and 23 July 2010, in order for them to take any measure they may deem appropriate; ORDERS the Registrar to transmit the present decision to the Security Council, through the Secretary General of the United Nations, and to the Assembly of the State Parties to the Rome Statute. Done in both English and French, the English version being authoritative. Dated this Friday, 27 August 2010 At The Hague, The Netherlands Judge Cuno Tarfusser Presiding Judge Sylvia Steiner Judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng No. ICC-02/05-01/09 4/4 27 August 2010