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Second was the passage, without serious opposition, of the innocuous-sounding Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights. The protocol aims to set up a new African court to try serious international crimes (like war crimes and genocide), but hidden in the legalese of the amendments is one very disturbing clause. This will provide immunity to all sitting African heads of state, as well as senior government officials – effectively inoculating governments from prosecution. Never mind that many African leaders have in the past been implicated in serious atrocities and human rights violations (not least the aforementioned Egyptian President).
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:27:28 +0000

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