The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Monday that it has referred Jordan to the UN Security Council for failing to arrest Sundanese President Omar Al-Bashir when he visited Amman in March.

The Sudanese President is wanted by the court on alleged genocide, and Jordan, as a member of the ICC, was obliged to arrest him.

Al-Bashir has been accused by the ICC of organising war crimes and crimes against humanity, and two international arrest warrants were issued in his name in March 2009 and July 2010.