Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Excerpt
On August 30, 2011, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), by a majority, rejected Kenya’s admissibility challenges under Article 19(2)(b) of the ICC Statute1 in cases involving several Kenyans who allegedly perpetrated crimes against humanity during the December 2007 post-election violence.2 The ICC’s denial of Kenya’s admissibility challenge is significant because this is the first time since the Rome Statute entered into force on July 1, 2002 that a State Party has challenged the Court’s assertion of jurisdiction over its nationals on the basis that the State Party itself is investigating the incidents at issue. Accordingly, Kenya has argued it should therefore be given time and space to do its own investigation before interference from the Hague-based court. This important judgment therefore merits some attention, which this case note aims to help provide.
Recommended Citation
Charles Chernor Jalloh,
Kenya vs. The ICC Prosecutor
, 53 Harvard Int’l. L. J. Online 269
(2012).
Available at: https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_publications/249
