Ok, let us face the bare facts here. which countries are the members of the international criminal court? and which countries are not members of the international criminal court? why are Africans blaming the ICC for persecuted only Africa leaders? we should agree that non-members of the international criminal court cannot be persecuted by the court unless the situation is referred to the court by the UN Security Council. The ICC was founded in 2002, under a treaty negotiated at a global conference in Rome, as an independent judicial body that would challenge impunity for the gravest international crimes—genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.The ICC is meant as a court of last resort for victims and survivors who cannot find justice in their own country and as a deterrent to leaders who have little to fear from domestic prosecution. The court has now been accepted by 122 states. The United States has not joined it out of fear that Americans might be prosecuted. In five of the eight countries where it is actively prosecuting suspects—Uganda, Mali, Ivory Coast, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—the African state in question asked the court to intervene, often with significant encouragement from victims and local rights groups. In two other countries—Sudan and Libya—the UN Security Council asked that the ICC become involved. Only in the case of Kenya did the ICC act entirely on its own initiative. The court can exercise jurisdiction only when the crime was committed by a citizen of a member state or on the territory of a member state, or if the situation is referred to the court by the UN Security Council. Certain obvious non-African candidates for prosecution are from states that have never joined the court, such as Sri Lanka, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Israel, Palestine, Syria, or Iraq. The Security Council could have given the ICC jurisdiction over crimes in these cases, but the council’s permanent members have tended to shield nations they favor from the court’s attention. The UN General Assembly, where no state has a veto, lacks the power to grant the court jurisdiction. Kenneth Roth. My main point is, if you are a member of ICC and you are charged with crimes against humanity, you must face your own charge. who signed to join the ICC? I am specific to Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta. He is accused of directing some of the violence that shook his country in late 2007 and early 2008 following vigorously contested elections. An estimated 1,100 people were killed and as many as 650,000 were forced to flee their homes. The first question is who committed this crime against the people of Kenya? why should the authorities be spare but innocent civilians life always be in danger? Some African leaders are always been deceive by aides and grants to sign or be a member of certain international institutions but when these institutions later turn against them, these African leaders start to incite their citizens against these international institutions. We must understand the mind games by some of our leaders in Africa. If you benefit from any international institution, you must also face your crimes to those institutions. No one forced our leaders to join the ICC, or even if they were forced to joined, I suspect they were being deceived with aides and grants from the international community. Whoever commited crime must face charges. We cannot defend blood suckers in our societies. countries like USA, Israel, Syria, North Korea etc knows their position in the international arena hence they are careful to sign to be a member of any international institutions. I partly blame some Africa Leaders who joined the ICC and they are now facing charges from them. You could have established your own institutions at home to ensure justice instead of giving this power to ICC. These leaders should stop inciting the public and bear the consequence of their action to be part of ICC. You can quit being a member of ICC anytime if they are serious on what they are preaching to Africans. somehow weak leaders indeed!
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:12:37 +0000
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