The Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute yesterday debated the African Union proposal to amend the Rome Statute to shield sitting heads of state from trial at the ICC. Foreign Affairs Secretary Amina Mohammed and Attorney General Githu Muigai led Kenya's delegation at the ASP meeting at The Hague, Netherlands Civil society groups appearing at the ASP meeting opposed the proposed amendments. They said Kenya is vilifying the ICC yet it failed to put in place mechanisms for local trials before the ICC intervened in the 2007-08 post-election violence cases. The NGOs, who are members of...
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