The ICC and the Security Council: How Much Support is There for Ending Impunity?
2016; Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.18060/7909.0036
ISSN2169-3226
Autores Tópico(s)International Law and Human Rights
ResumoThis past year (2014) was not a good one for the International Criminal Court (ICC).The event that received the most attention was the collapse of the case against Uhura Kenyatta, the President of Kenya. 1 Mr. Kenyatta had been accused of being criminally responsible for murder, rape, and persecution committed during post-election violence in Kenya. 2 In early December 2014, Fatou Bensouda, the ICC's Prosecutor, withdrew charges against Mr. Kenyatta, claiming that the Kenyan government's refusal to cooperate had made it too difficult to obtain evidence against him. 3 This led Professor Kontorovich to argue that the ICC's goal of ending impunity for serious violations of international criminal law is a utopian dream that cannot be achieved given the current state of the world. 4 The dismissal of the case against Kenyatta does, indeed, raise serious questions, but Professor Dutton addresses the ramifications of the Kenyatta case in more detail. 5 At almost the same time as the withdrawal of charges against Mr. Kenyatta, something else happened that received much less press coverage but may ultimately be as important to the future
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