Expanding the Circle of Compassion

Justice or expediency in Sudan?

Here is a fantastic analysis about the complicated situation in Darfur from the Economist.

The prosecutor’s decision, however, also lays bare a familiar truth. In many cases, these two desires—for an end to suffering and for justice to be done—come into conflict, necessitating a hard choice. Worse, the choice must sometimes be made in a fog of uncertainty. In Darfur, for example, nobody can be sure of what will happen if the ICC’s judges now agree to indict Mr Bashir and if the UN Security Council decides not to exercise its right to stay the court’s hand.

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