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Where Can Mubarak Run?
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Why is Mubarak trying to squeeze a few more months out of his three-decade career in office and avowing his intentions to stay in Egypt rather than packing for the Riviera? It may be because exile is not what it used to be. Over the last 30 years, things have gotten increasingly difficult for dictators in flight. Successor regimes launch criminal probes; major efforts are mounted to identify assets that may have been looted by the autocrat or members of his immediate family.

Human rights lawyers and international prosecutors may take a close look at the tools the deposed dictator used to stay in power: Did he torture? Did he authorize shooting adversaries? Did he cause his enemies to “disappear”? Was there a mass crackdown that resulted in dozens or hundreds of deaths? A trip to The Hague or another tribunal might be in his future. Slobodan Milosevic and Charles Taylor are examples any decamping dictator would need to keep in mind.


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/02/gimme_shelter
Filed under: Corruption Dictator Egypt Exile Human Rights ICC Mubarak
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