The Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has called for calm after the International Criminal Court in The Hague announced it's charging four senior politicians with crimes against humanity. The accused include two presidential candidates Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. They are alleged to have been behind the violence that followed the 2007 election, during which more than 1,000 people died. Both have rejected the allegations. President Kibaki says that he's referred the ruling to Kenya's attorney general. But a spokesman for the ICC has told the BBC that the both accused may not be able to appeal against going to trial.
位于海牙的国际刑事法庭宣布指控肯尼亚四名资深政客犯有反人类罪之后,肯尼亚总统Mwai Kibaki号召保持冷静。被指控的四人中包括两名总统候选人Uhuru Kenyatta和William Ruto。据说他们和策划2007年竞选后的暴力事件有关,该暴力事件造1000多人死亡。这两人都否认指控。总统Kibaki说他已将裁决提交肯尼亚首席检察官。但ICC一名发言人告诉BBC,以上两人可能没上诉权。
"The appeal has to be authorized by the pretrial chamber. If the pre-trial chamber says that there is no appealable issues in its decision, then the appeal will not be possible."
“上诉必须经由预审委员会的批准。如果预审委员会表明其裁决中没有可上诉案件,那么就不能上诉。”
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