Microsoft Word - au icc group letter_FR

A letter dated 4 October 2013 from 130 African civil society and international organisations urging African foreign ministers to support the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Rome Statute during an African Union (AU) extraordinary summit on 11 and 12 October 2013.

• The signatories argue that any withdrawal of African states from the ICC would send a negative signal regarding Africa's commitment to protecting human rights and rejecting impunity, as outlined in Article 4 of the African Union Constitutive Act.
• While some African leaders claim the ICC targets Africa, the document states that most ICC cases in Africa resulted from voluntary requests by the governments of the countries involved, specifically Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali.
• The document notes that the situations in Libya and Darfur (Sudan) were referred to the ICC by the UN Security Council with the support of its African members, while Kenya is the only instance where the ICC Prosecutor acted on his own initiative (proprio motu) following Kenya's failure to provide local justice.
• Regarding the situation in Kenya, the letter states that the ICC intervened after efforts to establish a special tribunal for the 2007-08 post-election violence—which caused over 1,100 deaths and displaced more than 500,000 people—had failed.
• The signatories highlight that 34 African countries, representing a majority of African Union members, are currently states parties to the ICC.
• The document acknowledges an uneven application of international justice, noting that powerful governments can shield their citizens and allies from the ICC by not joining the court or using veto power at the UN Security Council.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (n.d.). Microsoft Word - au icc group letter_FR. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Lettre-de-la-societe-civile-africaine-au-lUnion-africaine-sur-la-CPI-sevrage-Oct-2013.pdf

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. Microsoft Word - au icc group letter_FR. n.d. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Lettre-de-la-societe-civile-africaine-au-lUnion-africaine-sur-la-CPI-sevrage-Oct-2013.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{instituteforsecuritystudiesndmicrosoft, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Microsoft Word - au icc group letter\_FR}}, publisher = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/Lettre-de-la-societe-civile-africaine-au-lUnion-africaine-sur-la-CPI-sevrage-Oct-2013.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }