The United Nations Security Council is having problems trying to figure out what to do about the "issues" going on in Darfur. The council is dealing with the arrest warrant against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The charges include genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is collecting information to prosecute him.

The Security Council is split between members wanting justice and the other members siding with the president. The people who are siding with the president believe that it will hurt the chances of advancing peacekeeping efforts. In July, the Security Council decided to suspend the investigation against the President and anyone else that is suspected of wrong-doing. To the council this seems to be the best way to help the peace efforts. There precedence for this was Article 16 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. This basically says that when taking note of one thing you have to take into consideration the other things that may affect it. This will defer the investigation for at least 12 months.

This furthers my disbelieve in the lack of responsibility taken in the genocide that is happening in Darfur. Something needs to be done and for some reason even more people and international councils are stepping aside. These organizations are making it more impossible to get justice served. The President and the others involved in this mass murder need to be held accountable. My question is: Why does it seem impossible for anyone to bring peace efforts to Sudan while prosecuting the people involved in it or at least be under investigation? This article makes my convictions even stronger about this topic.