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A dirty game
I read with some interest about the decision of the African Union to establish an African Criminal Court. Unfortunately, two facts explain the nature of this Court.
One: that no criminal cases can be referred to the International Criminal Court until they have been through this court.
Two: the list of attendees for the signature of the treaty:
Six heads of state are expected to jet into the country [Uganda) to attend the summit. They are Iddris Deby of Chad, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, Rupiah Banda of Zambia, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed of Somalia and the leader of the Saharawi Arab democratic Republic, Mohammed Abdelaziz.
South Africa was expected to send home affairs minister Dr. Dlamini Zuma, Kenya will be represented by foreign affairs minister Moses Wetangula, and Rwanda by Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, while Burundi will send vice- president Yves Sahinguvu.
It was not yet clear whether Libyan leader and current chairman of the African Union Col. Muammar Gadaffi would attend the summit.
The Sudanese government has dispatched interior minister Abbas Goma’a and the refugee commissioner, Mohamed Ahmed Al-Agbash to represent their leader, Omar el-Bashir, who is indicted by the ICC over war crimes in Darfur.
(link: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/698589 )
One: that no criminal cases can be referred to the International Criminal Court until they have been through this court.
Two: the list of attendees for the signature of the treaty:
Six heads of state are expected to jet into the country [Uganda) to attend the summit. They are Iddris Deby of Chad, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, Rupiah Banda of Zambia, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed of Somalia and the leader of the Saharawi Arab democratic Republic, Mohammed Abdelaziz.
South Africa was expected to send home affairs minister Dr. Dlamini Zuma, Kenya will be represented by foreign affairs minister Moses Wetangula, and Rwanda by Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, while Burundi will send vice- president Yves Sahinguvu.
It was not yet clear whether Libyan leader and current chairman of the African Union Col. Muammar Gadaffi would attend the summit.
The Sudanese government has dispatched interior minister Abbas Goma’a and the refugee commissioner, Mohamed Ahmed Al-Agbash to represent their leader, Omar el-Bashir, who is indicted by the ICC over war crimes in Darfur.
(link: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/698589 )