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[Ali Muney @AliMuney]

@daniel_kraft @CBSMornings @tonydokoupil @dinakraft Love the love @EliseKeppler

[Dalton Carper @DBCarper]

Another photo from tonight #GeorgeFloydprotest #BlackLivesMatters #72ndAndDodge #Omaha #icantbreathe

[Ali Muney @AliMuney]

@EliseKeppler @threadreaderapp unroll please

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

Fast forward to another set of surprises in April last year when #Bashir was ousted after months of protests and a new hope that #Darfur victims might have the chance to see #ICC cases go forward: https://t.co/zSZXbC9RL2

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

But the five individuals charged by the #ICC have remained out of reach: https://t.co/WtTzv2UklQ.

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

The question of #Bashir's surrender contributed to a crisis in #Africa's relationship with the #ICC which thankfully largely has ebbed as #African #ICC members eventually stood up forcefully for the court's importance as the global court of last resort: https://t.co/CGzaPD4IlI

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

In the heady moments of that time, I could never have imagined that surrender of #ICC suspects on #Darfur crimes would remain so blocked for so many years and some countries would welcome him despite his being an international war crimes fugitive: https://t.co/d3OGmajJ1O

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

Intense #UNSC negotiations unfolded. In the end the #US to its credit (but not without insidious caveats that exempted non-ICC member citizens from ICC reach) let referral go through. Resolution 1593 was dramatically adopted close to midnight on 3/31/05: https://t.co/LYcrnkcATp.

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

The now famous Commission of Inquiry led by the late Antonio Cassese on the crimes produced a scathing report on the extent of the abuses, & called for the #ICC to investigate: https://t.co/IQALYVKwGR. This was a major boost to the effort to see referral go forward.

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

@hrw It exemplified the type of situation the #ICC was created to address, but as #Sudan had not joined the court, #UNSC referral was the only real route to ICC investigation--if and only if the #US could come along (by abstention on a vote if not support): https://t.co/C8pSBMAU7K

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

@hrw But we knew that any chance for accountability was not going to take place in #Sudan's domestic courts given that government forces were implicated so extensively in the crimes: https://t.co/lgactEErc4

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

@hrw It was time when the prospect of the #UNSC coming together to ensure justice for the gravest crimes at the #ICC was more on the table than in recent years. (see: https://t.co/VofGWQyRD4). But given the #US anti-ICC position, it was far from a foregone conclusion.

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

@hrw I first began working on the campaign to see perpetrators of widespread crimes in #Darfur held to account in 2004 as @HRW continued to document the extreme brutality against civilians: https://t.co/X0SSAYC1GS

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

This could be huge! Victims have been waiting for justice for widespread atrocities committed in #Darfur for 15+ years. Keen to have more details on plans for #Bashir to at last face the #ICC charges against him. Some further info on case at @hrw: https://t.co/aS7rl6IwkX

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

Initial reactions from the governing #Sudanese authorities have been inconsistent on the idea at best with some indicated he will not be turned over.

[Elise Keppler @EliseKeppler]

But today is a day for renewed optimism. #Sudan can show it has turned a corner & will support the rule of law and international obligations by surrendering the five #ICC suspects. We look forward to applauding such a move on behalf of #Darfur's victims-https://t.co/gebyDcGq57.

[Ali Muney @AliMuney]

@The7Line @AROD Does that mean we won’t have to hear him call the games on ESPN days? A girl can dream.