As the International Criminal Court (ICC) meets today amid claims that Kenya has deliberately obstructed the trial of its president, Uhuru Kenyatta, the African Union (AU) is pressing on with establishing its own court, which would give immunity to serving heads of state. At a summit in Equatorial Guinea last week, the AU – which claims the ICC is pro- Western and has been “hunting” African leaders – agreed a draft protocol for the new African Court of Justice and Human Rights, just months before the scheduled start of the Kenyatta trial on October 7th. The new court will be a combination of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, which came into effect in January 2004, and the long-proposed African Court of Justice, and will have a wide mandate to try serious human rights violations, war crimes and major breaches of international law.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:52:48 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015