The decision to get the ICC involved was welcomed by the majority of Sudanese who long for justice.
After all, one of the central demands of the protesters who helped bring an end to President Bashir's 30-year dictatorship was that he should be accountable for his alleged crimes.
It should also be seen, alongside other diplomatic moves, as an attempt by Sudan to normalise relations with the West and ditch its pariah nation status.
But the process will be fraught with difficulties and the extent and timing of bringing past leaders to account is a matter of delicate political judgement.
