Let There Be Fair Justice :: Mmegi Online

A network of African civil society and international organisations have called upon African Union (AU) states to use the African Union's (AU) upcoming session about the International Criminal Court (ICC) to promote the court's ability to prosecute the world's worst crimes fairly and effectively.

The AU session on the ICC is scheduled to take place November 3 to 6 in Addis Ababa.The AU decided at its July summit meeting that the AU Commission should convene a meeting on the ICC, inviting members that are states parties to the court as well as those that have not joined. The stated purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the Review Conference on the ICC, scheduled for May 2010 in Kampala.

"Governments that oppose the ICC can be expected to try to use the AU meeting to undercut the court's ability to ensure justice for African and other victims," said Aloysius Toe of Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy in Liberia.

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Let There Be Fair Justice

A network of African civil society and international organisations have called upon African Union (AU) states to use the African Union's (AU) upcoming session about the International Criminal Court (ICC) to promote the court's ability to prosecute the world's worst crimes fairly and effectively.

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