SAfm — he executive director of the International Bar Association Mark Ellis supports the decision by South Africa's supreme court helps to uphold the principal of universal jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. The supreme court said the South African government should have handed over ICC indicted Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir when he attended an African Union summit in Johannesburg last June - the governement says he had diplomatic immunity and are considering challenging the ruling in the constitutional court. Mark Ellis says all countries signed up the the ICC have the responsibility to hand over wanted war criminals including heads of state. The International Criminal Court was set up over 10 years ago to fight impunity at the highest level and is undergoing a process of requesting an explanation from South Africa about why they didn't arrest president Al-Bashir.