Africa leaders should be immune from ICC prosecution: AU

[JURIST] The African Union (AU) [official website] unanimously resolved Saturday that African heads of state should be immune from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder]. In particular the AU denounced the ICC trials of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [official website; JURIST news archive] and Deputy President William Ruto [JURIST news archive]. The AU alleges that the EU, which funds 70 percent of the ICC's budget, uses ICC prosecution to leverage political power in Africa. While...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/10/africa-leaders-should-be-immune-from-icc-prosecution-au.php

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