The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (often referred to as the International Criminal Court Statute or the Rome Statute)Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ah, another papal visit to African countries in full swing, hitting Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic.
Despite the Kenyan parliament voting in 2013 to leave the ICC, Kenyatta opted to stay within (back then he was one of the indicted; since then the ICC has dropped charges against him). African countries leaving the ICC en masse is actually possible and a problem for the ICC…
Africans have long grumbled that the court targets their leaders unfairly: the nine cases it has opened since it was created in 2002 have all been in Africa.
President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, or rather he and his party the ANC, have tabled a resolution to have South Africa leave the ICC because ‘the court chose to ignore American leaders’ actions in Iraq and Israel’s “continuing killing of Palestinians’. Er, no; I understand it’s because it has no jurisdiction since the USA and Israel never ratified their ICC membership. But then again Zuma is not known for noting mere details.Is Zuma’s threat really just him smarting from all the criticism South Africa faced a few months back for allowing Bashir of the Sudan to pop into South Africa and be whisked away before a South African court order to detain him could be enforced? Or as the article below suggests, he wants to be mates with the rest of the AU and not risk being isolated again, and this time not because of apartheid.
’What South Africa leaving the International Criminal Court would meanhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34509342
kernelcorny Premium Member over 8 years ago
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (often referred to as the International Criminal Court Statute or the Rome Statute)Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OmqR-IV.0 over 8 years ago
Ah, another papal visit to African countries in full swing, hitting Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic.
Despite the Kenyan parliament voting in 2013 to leave the ICC, Kenyatta opted to stay within (back then he was one of the indicted; since then the ICC has dropped charges against him). African countries leaving the ICC en masse is actually possible and a problem for the ICC…
Africans have long grumbled that the court targets their leaders unfairly: the nine cases it has opened since it was created in 2002 have all been in Africa.
President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, or rather he and his party the ANC, have tabled a resolution to have South Africa leave the ICC because ‘the court chose to ignore American leaders’ actions in Iraq and Israel’s “continuing killing of Palestinians’. Er, no; I understand it’s because it has no jurisdiction since the USA and Israel never ratified their ICC membership. But then again Zuma is not known for noting mere details.Is Zuma’s threat really just him smarting from all the criticism South Africa faced a few months back for allowing Bashir of the Sudan to pop into South Africa and be whisked away before a South African court order to detain him could be enforced? Or as the article below suggests, he wants to be mates with the rest of the AU and not risk being isolated again, and this time not because of apartheid.
’What South Africa leaving the International Criminal Court would meanhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34509342