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A recent bulletin by IRIN features an interview with Henry Maina, who is the East Africa director of the human rights organisation Article 19. Mr. Maina, a former international development, law and human rights graduate of Warick University, discusses the importance of trying perpetrators of post-election violence in Kenya.
A lot is expected to happen before Kenya’s next election in 2012, but as Mr. Maina says, what happens in the meantime will send a signal to future would-be politicians that “you are being watched”. At the same time, however, concerns are rising over resettlement of citizens who fled areas of concentrated violence.
Recently we talked about power-sharing in Kenya and it’s possibilities in Cote d’Ivoire. Considering that conversation and this recent IRIN interview, how can East African governments look towards the ICC? Do authorities promoting “good governance” help to safeguard a country’s ideals for leadership, or do they safeguard international ideas for leadership?
Related links:
- IRIN homepage (RSS feed here)
- IRIN article: Resettlement concerns as ICC mulls case against suspects
- More IRIN podcast bulletins
- Article 19 (organization homepage)
- Vijana FM previous post: A Dangerous Precedent?
The involvement of the ICC has created a debate in Kenya. The Kenyan’s Government is proposing to withdraw from the ICC and to use taxpayers’ money to pay the legal fees of the six suspects accused of committing crimes against humanity. Some MPs are planning a motion for Kenya to withdraw from the ICC altogether: http://www.mwanasheria.org/?p=66
@Proches You raise an important question: Does the ICC stand as a mediator, or as an example? The Mwanasheria post you linked to is interesting as it provides insight on both sides of the argument, but I think we need to remember that East Africa, much like the rest of the developing world, has been built on its own culture of law. It should look to the ICC as an example, but not as an end-solution.
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