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SUDAN LEAKS: ICC Signatory Countries That Frustrated Uhuru’s Wish For Mass Pullout From ICC.

October 13, 2013

SUDAN LEAKS: ICC Signatory Countries Boycotted AU Meeting, Frustrating Pullout!

The Sudan, whose strongman Omar Al Bashir was the first sitting Head of State to be indicted by the International Criminal Court has reprimanded African countries signatory to the Rome Statute which anchored the ICC for boycotting the latest AU meeting which was meant to set stage for mass pullout from the Hague.

Sudan’s frustration comes on the wake of a futile AU resolution that African heads of States currently charged by crimes against humanity be allowed to serve their full terms answering charges at the court, a face saving move considering how handlers of the indicted suspects, including Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta had earlier revealed that the AU was to adopt a hardline stance on the ICC with full severing of links with the court.

However, the shifting geopolitics in Africa, where some countries seem to be positioning themselves for the spoils, informed the last minute change of tune, making signatories to boycott en masse Kenya’s and Sudan’s request to pull out of the world court of justice.

During the meeting, it was realised that majority of the 34 member signatories were ‘non-comital’ on the issue of the ICC, with other countries secretly dismissing the move.

Botswana was the only African country to openly dismiss any calls for non-cooperation. The Southern African country is said to have dispatched a high level team of diplomatic lobbyists to talk other countries out of pulling from the Hague based institution, reminding them that ‘in a global world, a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’.

In South Africa, respected prelate Desmond Tutu jeered at the idea of non-cooperation, saying African leaders are only looking for a licence to ‘kill and maim’ their ‘faceless, voiceless citizens.

In Africa, Rome signatories include:

  • 1. Senegal, 02 February 1999
  • 2. Ghana, 20 December 1999
  • 3. Mali, 16 August 2000
  • 4. Lesotho, 06 September 2000
  • 5. Botswana, 08 September 2000
  • 6. Sierra Leone, 15 September 2000
  • 7. Gabon, 20 September 2000
  • 8. South Africa, 27 November 2000
  • 9. Nigeria, 27 September 2001
  • 10. Central African Republic, 03 October 2001
  • 11. Benin, 22 January 2002
  • 12. Mauritius, 05 March 2002
  • 13. Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 April 2002
  • 14. Niger, 11 April 2002
  • 15. Uganda, 14 June 2002
  • 16. Namibia, 25 June 2002
  • 17. Gambia, 28 June 2002
  • 18. United Republic of Tanzania, 20 August 2002
  • 19. Malawi, 19 September 2002
  • 20. Djibouti, 05 November 2002
  • 21. Zambia, 13 November 2002
  • 22. Guinea, 14 July 2003
  • 23. Burkina Faso, 16 April 2004
  • 24. Congo, 03 May 2004
  • 25. Burundi, 21 September 2004
  • 26. Liberia, 22 September 2004
  • 27. Kenya, 15 March 2005
  • 28. Comoros, 01 November 2006
  • 29. Chad, 01 January 2007
  • 30. Madagascar, 14 March 2008
  • 31. Seychelles, 10 August 2010
  • 32. Tunisia, 24 June 2011
  • 33. Cape Verde, 10 October 2011
  • 34. Côte d’Ivoire, 15 February 2013

​​Source: The ICC Website.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ICC, Uhuru Kenyatta

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