Anti-West anger ‘a cover-up’
Former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor says all dictators are against the court
The Hague — Complex diverse political agendas are driving African nations to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC), with leaders seeking to cloak the move by reigniting age-old anger at the West, analysts say. Gambia’s announcement that it would be the third country to withdraw from the court is all the more frustrating as it comes at a time when the tribunal is beginning to probe some of the world’s most intractable conflicts in places such as the Palestinian territories and Afghanistan, experts say. Set up in 2002, the ICC’s mission is to try the world’s most heinous crimes, which national governments are either unable or unwilling to prosecute. Most of the ICC prosecutions, such as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have been requested by the countries themselves.
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