RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - New AU chairman Robert Mugabe says Africa must pull out of the ICC seconded by Uhuru

Therein lies the problem with international hypocrisy. If the ICC was a good idea, every country would belong to it. If it is not a good idea for some countries why should it not be same for a few more. The court seems to specialize in genocide and other mass killing cases committed by governments and leaders in their own countries.. What about genocide and other mass killings committed by government and leaders outside their countries?
Mugabe's suggestion may be driven by self-interest but the hypocrisy of some great powers set the stage for him to be ingenious. Any country that refuses to belong to the ICC should not use the court as a foreign policy tool in the advancement of herself interest.

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The US refuses to join because its politicians are above international law- a certain exceptionalism.
So I guess African countries can claim the same.

It would have been nice to have all
countries in the world submit to an impartial court.
I agree.





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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kenneth harrow [harrow@msu.edu]
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - New AU chairman Robert Mugabe says Africa must pull out of the ICC seconded by Uhuru

there is a certain irony here. kenyatta who got off from the charges against him in the ICC now tells us to ditch the court, and that he would pay for it.
international justice is a fragile thing. from our end, here in the u.s., we ought to lobby the u.s. to join to, to submit to its authority. even if it has applied its justice unevenly it is actually a crucial improvement in our world, where otherwise we have no means other than pure force to punish people who commit crimes against humanity.
maybe one day the u.n. will have real teeth, the icc will have enforcement mechanisms, and we will no longer see national leaders kill their opposition with impunity.
meanwhile, all we can do is lobby.
ken
On 2/1/15 12:24 PM, msjoe21st via USA Africa Dialogue Series wrote:




New AU chairman Robert Mugabe says Africa must pull out of the ICC, Uhuru pledges a million dollars for African Court

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015 - 00:00 -- BY PSCU

President Uhuru Kenyatta issues a statement on the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing of the 24th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Photo/PSCU

The new African Union chairman Robert Mugabe said today that Africa must pull out of the International Criminal Court.

It must be on the agenda of next AU Summit in June in South Africa, said Mugabe who is also the President of Zimbabwe.

President Mugabe spoke during the closing ceremony of the 24th AU summit which ended in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday.

Mugabe proposal came on the heels of yet another initiative by the AU member states to establish an African Court of Justice and Human Rights to handle African cases currently referred to the ICC , at the Hague, Netherlands.

President Uhuru Kenyatta earlier said the establishment of the proposed African Court of Justice and Human Rights is now unstoppable and announced Kenya's commitment of one million dollars for the new judicial institution.

The President said Africa is poised to establish a broader African transitional justice policy framework and an African Court of Justice to handle all criminal cases from Africa currently referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, Netherlands.

The Head of State said he has already signed the Malabo Protocol on the African Court before the necessary instruments are transmitted to parliament for ratification.

http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/new-au-chairman-robert-mugabe-says-africa-must-pull-out-icc-uhuru-pledges-million-dollars.
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