African leaders are waiting on Judge Hans Fabricius in the Pretoria High Court to rule on the propriety of a South African government declaration giving blanket immunity to all leaders and delegates attending the summit.
The proclamation gazetted last Thursday ties the hands of prosecutors waiting to spring on Bashir and arrest him on two International Criminal Court warrants in force alleging his involvement in genocide in Darfur.
The prosecutors say political interference is preventing them fulfilling their responsibility in terms of South African domestic law.

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