Al-Bashir: flouting court orders are anti-poor and anti-democratic
<p>The decision by the South African government to ignore the order of the Gauteng High Court not to allow President Omar al-Bashir from North Sudan to leave the country, constitutes a deliberate, pre-meditated, act of contempt of court. The case raises many complex legal and geo-political qu...
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| description | <p>The decision by the South African government to ignore the order of the Gauteng High Court not to allow President Omar al-Bashir from North Sudan to leave the country, constitutes a deliberate, pre-meditated, act of contempt of court. The case raises many complex legal and geo-political questions over which reasonable people could profitably disagree. But even in an overheated political climate in which emotions tend to overpower principles and logic, it is unclear how any level-headed South African could support the deliberate flouting of a court order.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc3e5a97d31b46d0bf980a7cf77abf612022-12-22T01:28:57ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Al-Bashir: flouting court orders are anti-poor and anti-democraticPierre de Vos<p>The decision by the South African government to ignore the order of the Gauteng High Court not to allow President Omar al-Bashir from North Sudan to leave the country, constitutes a deliberate, pre-meditated, act of contempt of court. The case raises many complex legal and geo-political questions over which reasonable people could profitably disagree. But even in an overheated political climate in which emotions tend to overpower principles and logic, it is unclear how any level-headed South African could support the deliberate flouting of a court order.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/al-bashir-flouting-court-orders-are-anti-poor-and-anti-democratic/ |
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