Do you agree with this proposal?! Because I do...after reading different arguments. The African Union has adopted, without amendments, a proposal by President Uhuru Kenyatta to develop a roadmap for withdrawal from the Rome Statute. Speaking during the 26th AU Summit meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Kenyatta said he was disappointed by the way cases brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) were handled. He said the court had subjected him and Deputy President William Ruto to “cases built with weak investigations and pursued with politicised zeal.”
President Kenyatta earlier faced crimes against humanity charges at the court but his case was terminated in March 2015 after prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (picture below)withdrew the charges against him due to lack of sufficient evidence supported by Africa, is no longer a court for all."Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking on behalf of the African Union (AU) at the 14th session of the Assembly of States Parties.
Importantly, 123 countries that have signed up to the ICC's founding Rome statute because they believed THE COURT WAS SETUP TO TRY THE WORLD'S WORST CRIMES, INCLUDING GENOCIDE. The AU has accused the court of unfairly targeting Africans for prosecution, as the majority of its cases come from the continent
Replying to criticism about the large number of African cases in the court, Bensouda said it was true that all cases on trial were from Africa and that all the people in the dock were also from Africa. But she said that "all cases with the exception of Kenya, Sudan and Libya, were at the request of African states asking for the ICC's intervention."
Elizabeth Evenson, Senior Counsel in HRW's International Justice Program, told DW the reason why that criticism has gained traction, or may have some appeal, is because there are double standards at work in the delivery of international justice. "It is unfortunately true that officials of powerful countries, or officials of countries allied with powerful countries, are less likely to face justice than officials of some other countries.
President Kenyatta earlier faced crimes against humanity charges at the court but his case was terminated in March 2015 after prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (picture below)withdrew the charges against him due to lack of sufficient evidence supported by Africa, is no longer a court for all."Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking on behalf of the African Union (AU) at the 14th session of the Assembly of States Parties.
Importantly, 123 countries that have signed up to the ICC's founding Rome statute because they believed THE COURT WAS SETUP TO TRY THE WORLD'S WORST CRIMES, INCLUDING GENOCIDE. The AU has accused the court of unfairly targeting Africans for prosecution, as the majority of its cases come from the continent
Replying to criticism about the large number of African cases in the court, Bensouda said it was true that all cases on trial were from Africa and that all the people in the dock were also from Africa. But she said that "all cases with the exception of Kenya, Sudan and Libya, were at the request of African states asking for the ICC's intervention."
Elizabeth Evenson, Senior Counsel in HRW's International Justice Program, told DW the reason why that criticism has gained traction, or may have some appeal, is because there are double standards at work in the delivery of international justice. "It is unfortunately true that officials of powerful countries, or officials of countries allied with powerful countries, are less likely to face justice than officials of some other countries.
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