A board vetting Kenya judges sent a clear message when it declared four of the country’s senior most judges not fit to serve on the bench: bending the law in favor of the powerful or wealthy will no longer be tolerated. The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board determined on Wednesday that the four judges, who ... Continue reading
March 30, 2012
ICC names judges to handle Kenya trials
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Presidency has named a Belgian judge with a decades-long background in academia, a Japanese judge with a background in diplomacy and international law, and an experienced Nigerian prosecutor to form a three-person bench that will try the Kenya cases at the ICC. The Presidency of the ICC announced on Thursday ... Continue reading
February 22, 2012
Kenyan court says AG can continue with appeal against Bashir warrant
Kenya’s second highest court has allowed the Attorney General to continue with an appeal case he has filed challenging a High Court ruling that the Kenyan government must arrest Sudan’s leader if he comes to the country. A three-man bench of the Court of Appeal made the decision in response to a preliminary objection against ... Continue reading
February 21, 2012
Poll: Kenyans almost split in half over ICC accused’s presidential bids
Should Kenyan leaders Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and William Samoei Ruto pursue their presidential ambitions despite facing a possible trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC)? The Kenyan public is almost split in half on the issue, according to a new poll. Furthermore, almost half of those polled believe that nothing will happen if either individual ... Continue reading
A significant majority of Kenyans are satisfied with the decision the International Criminal Court (ICC) has made to send four high profile Kenyans to trial, a finding that goes counter to the sentiments some senior politicians have expressed in the past two weeks. In the first opinion poll to be released since ICC pre-trial judges made ... Continue reading
Support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains high in Kenya as the country awaits the decision of the pre-trial chamber on whether six Kenyan suspects should stand trial, according to two opinion polls released this week. One opinion poll notes that respondents who believe violence is likely to occur if the Kenya cases proceed to ... Continue reading
Sudanese President Omar Ahmad Hassan al-Bashir has only visited Kenya twice in the past six years, so what is all the fuss about Kenya’s judiciary reaffirming an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for the Sudanese leader? The easiest thing for the Sudanese leader to do to avoid further controversy is not to visit the ... Continue reading
December 20, 2011
Kenya Court Leaves Arrest Warrant for Sudan’s Bashir in Effect
Kenya’s second highest court has temporarily upheld an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar Ahmad Hassan al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court to face eight counts of crimes against humanity and genocide. The arrest warrant will remain in force until the Court of Appeal determines an appeal Attorney General Githu Muigai has ... Continue reading
December 14, 2011
HRW: Kenya needs independent tribunal to handle poll violence cases
Kenya’s criminal justice system cannot handle cases originating from the blood-letting of almost four years ago because the few that have made it through the system have either been poorly investigated or prosecuted, a new Human Rights Watch report says. No prominent individual has gone to trial for the violence that almost ripped apart Kenya ... Continue reading
Kenya’s Ongoing Battle with Complementarity at the ICC
Please find the below article written by Allan Ngari, Project Leader dealing with Kenya and International Justice at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Open Society Justice Initiative. There has been a fair amount of jostling around by the ... Continue reading