Malawi decision to forego hosting the African Un-ion Summit if Al-Bashir attends

Symbolic gestures are powerful tools in bringing about social and political change. These gestures are powerful for what they represent and increasing in-dividual empathy for, personal stake in, and raising awareness and knowledge on an issue. The decision by Malawi to forego hosting the African Union Sum-mit and commitment to arrest Omar Hassan Al-Bashir if he sets foot in Mala-wi is a clear symbolic gesture meant to communicate their stance against viola-tion of human rights. Malawi ratified t