She has also asked for a definite timeframe for which South Africa can explain the circumstances which al-Bashir was allowed to leave South Africa despite an arrest warrant by the court.

Al-Bashir visited South Africa in June this year for the African Union summit in Sandton.

Bensouda wants the court to assert South Africa’s obligation to arrest al-Bashir as a signatory to the Rome Statute.

“South Africa has recently stated in its domestic court filings that given both bilateral relations between South Africa and Sudan, as well as their co-membership of the African Union, there every likelihood that [al-Bashir] will return to South Africa,” the prosecutor noted in her submission.

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