Analyst: After ICC Ruling, Kenya Must Accept Hague Trials
May 31, 2011
Back row, former Kenyan Education Minister Ruto, left, former Kenyan Minister of Industrialization Kosgey, center, and Kenyan broadcaster Sang, right, appear at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, April 7, 2011
Late Monday, judges at the International Criminal Court dismissed Kenya’s application challenging the admissibility of two cases against Kenyan citizens at The Hague. The ruling is the latest blow to Kenyan authorities, who have for months undertaken efforts to stall or end the proceedings.
Now the executive director of the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya, George Kegoro, says the government is out of options.
“The Kenyan government doesn’t have any more options unless it were to appeal the decision of the pre-trial chamber. The practical possibilities is that the case is just going to go to the next stage which is the confirmation hearings which start in the second week of September and go into October,” he said.
The court has brought charges against six Kenyans it believes to be the architects of the country’s post-election chaos in 2007 and 2008.
Though initially popular among Kenya’s public and leadership, the ICC investigation lost support once the suspects, including presidential hopefuls and key members of government, were announced last year.
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