ICTJ Says AU Support for Kenya’s ICC Withdrawl Unlikely

From FM News, NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 12 2010- The International Centre for Transitional Justice says it is unlikely that African Union member states will support the call by Kenya to withdraw from the Rome Statute which establishes the International Criminal Court . The Head of the ICTJ Kenya Office Njonjo Mue ruled out a case [...]

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Kenyan Officials Seek AU Support in ICC Withdrawl

12 January 2011 VOA News The campaign to remove Kenya from the International Criminal Court appears to be gathering steam as the east African nation looks to rally diplomatic support across Africa. Members of Kenya’s cabinet are currently crossing the continent to gain African Union support for withdrawal from the court, the country’s major news [...]

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ICC Urges Uganda to Arrest Bashir if he Attends AU Talks

Alfred Wandera, Daily Nation , June 9 2010 President of the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court has insisted that Uganda must arrest Sudan President Omar al-Bashir should he visit the country during the AU summit due in Kampala in July. In a statement released yesterday to media at the ongoing ICC Review Conference [...]

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Oxford Transitional Justice Research International Justice In Africa Series

OTJR has recently produced a new debate series on International Justice In Africa: http://www.csls.ox.ac.uk/otjr.php?show=currentDebate10. Contributions Include: 11. International Criminal Justice and Non-Western Cultures 12 April 2010 by Tim Kelsall As the ICC Review Conference nears, it is time to consider how best to create a form of international criminal justice that is culturally and socially [...]

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AU Calls for Hybrid Tribunal for Darfur

Jurist, Andrea Bottorff, Feb 9 2010 The African Union (AU) [official website] on Monday called for a hybrid court of Sudanese and foreign judges to hear trials of individuals accused of war crimes in Darfur[JURIST news archive]. The AU Implementation Panel, led by former South African president Thabo Mbeki [ANC profile], renewed its request for the combined court [...]

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AU Criticizes ICC Appeals Chamber Decision on Bashir

Bloomberg  Jason McLure, Feb 5 2010 The African Union said a decision by the International Criminal Court to review a decision not to charge Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir with genocide in the western region of Darfur may undermine peace in the country. “The AU reiterates that the search for justice should be pursued in a [...]

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Mbeki Says AU Panel Will Meet with ICC to Discuss Bashir Warrant

By Barry Malone, Reuters, Saturday, May 2, 2009 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An African Union (AU) panel plans to meet the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite AU opposition to a warrant of arrest for Sudan’s president, former South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday. “We are in contact with the prosecutor and have agreed [...]

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Darfur Refugees Encourage AU to pursue Bashir ICC Arrest Warrant

N’DJAMENA (AFP) May 1 2009 — Sudenese refugees urged a high-level African Union mission to speed up the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for President Omar al-Beshir for war crimes, Chadian state radio said Friday. Refugees at a camp in Djabal in the east of Chad accused Beshir of causing “genocide, rape and pillage” and [...]

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Mbeki Assumes Leadership of AU Darfur Panel

Peter Heinlein , VOA News Addis Ababa 18 March 2009 Former SA President Thabo Mbeki A high-level panel led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki has begun work exploring a possible African-led solution to the crisis in Darfur. The panel’s opening session heard strong calls for a deferment of International Criminal Court war crimes [...]

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AU appoints Mbeki to negotiate with UN, struggles to address Bashir Warrant

Mbeki named to heal Bashir rift BBC, March.06.09 he African Union has appointed former South African President Thabo Mbeki to chair a committee to investigate human rights violations in Darfur. South Africa’s Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said Mr Mbeki’s role was to intercede between the International Criminal Court and Sudan. The ICC has issued an [...]

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