ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda

Mr. William Ruto must show up at the ICC – Bensouda

Journalists for Justice | 10 Jan. 2014

Deputy President William Ruto must show up at the International Criminal Court says the ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

The Prosecutor says, “The Request should be denied for three reasons:

(i)                 it is contrary to the plain text of Rule 134quater, which does not authorise “blanket excusals”;2

(ii)               it advances a reading of Rule 134quater that is inconsistent with the Statute; and

(iii)             it fails to make the necessary factual showing.

Prosecution response to Defence request pursuant to Article 63(1) and Rule
134quater for excusal from attendance at trial for William Samoei Ruto by Journalists For Justice

[International Criminal Court has been too focused on Africa and has been looking toward Asia, but Burma has not signed on to the ICC; Cambodia, on the other hand, ratified the ICC and thus under its jurisdiction, and its autocratic leaders are making a case for itself to go to the ICC!]