Kenya: Reject efforts to withdraw from the International Criminal Court

Headline Title: Kenya: Reject efforts to withdraw from the International Criminal Court 04 September 2013 The Kenyan government’s proposal to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) Statute is an affront to the hundreds of thousands of Kenyans who lost their lives or were driven from their homes during the post-election violence that rocked the country in 2007-8.“This move is just the latest in a series of disturbing initiatives to undermine the work of the ICC in Kenya and across the continent,” said Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International’s Africa programme director.The…

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