Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on the potential adoption of measures by (a) the UN Security Council and (b) the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court in response to the referral by that court of the Government of Jordan as a result of its non-compliance with the court’s outstanding warrant for the arrest of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan.

The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber's (PTC) finding of non-compliance against the Government of Jordan, and its referral of the matter to the UNSC and the Assembly of States Parties, is subject to appeal. In September the ICC's Appeals Chamber heard Jordan's appeal against last December's PTC finding of non-cooperation for its failure to arrest Sudanese President al-Bashir, when he attended an Arab League Summit in Amman in March 2017. The Appeals Chamber has not reached a decision yet. Once a decision is made, the UN Security Council and the Assembly of States Parties will consider a response, if appropriate.