The International Criminal Court said Monday that it will not refer Jordan to the UN Security Council for its failure to arrest Sudanese war crimes suspect Omar al-Bashir in 2017.
In a split ruling, the five-judge panel found that Jordan should have arrested Bashir, but its failure to do so was not grounds for referral.
The ruling reverses an earlier decision by the ICC.
Bashir was ousted from power by the military on April 11 after months of popular anti-government protests.
Bashir, who seized power in Sudan in a military coup in 1989, is wanted by the ICC for war crimes committed during the Darfur conflict.
Sudan’s general prosecutor said Sunday that he was questioned for the first time over suspected money laundering and financing terrorism.
