To stay or not to stay? That’s the question before African governments regarding continuing to be signatories to the Rome Treaty that established the International Criminal Court. The treaty obligates signatory nations to arrest and hand over for trial anyone indicted by the court, which is based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Now several African governments are beginning to have second thoughts.
For long, critics have complained that the court targets only Africans. Now some African countries are going beyond gripes and formally opting to get out of the treaty. Early this month, the Burundi parliament overwhelmingly voted to get …read more
Source: NigerianMonitor
