THE ICC Assembly of State Parties began at The Hague yesterday. A proposal by the African Union to amend the Rome Statute was endorsed as an agenda to be discussed by member states today. However, ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda cautioned that the independence and integrity of the court must be protected by the member states so that it can perform its mandate effectively. “Politics has no place and will play no part in the decisions I take. I am most resolute in this regard,” she said. “However, when the court intervenes in situations where states either cannot or will not exercise their...
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