We’re Not Done Yet, Hague Court Tells Burundi’s Leaders
- 6 years ago
We’re Not Done Yet, Hague Court Tells Burundi’s Leaders
Willy Nyamitwe, the senior adviser and spokesman for President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, said in a Twitter posting
that the court’s decision reflected what he called its "outrageous lies to implement Westerners’ hidden agenda to destabilize #Africa."
What appears to be a today’s decision is nothing else but a backdated decision (October 25, 2017).
The decision stunned and infuriated the government of Burundi, the tiny southern African nation
that is the first — and so far, only — country to withdraw as a party to the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the court in 2002.
9, 2017
When Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court less than two weeks ago, its
leaders thought they had successfully avoided an inquiry into egregious crimes including murder, torture and rape.
In September, a United Nations human rights panel found
that Burundi’s top leaders and security agencies were implicated in such crimes, and it urged the International Criminal Court to open an inquiry.
#Burundi#Twenga https://t.co/0zmchAwNDo Burundi’s withdrawal has come to symbolize resentment by African
leaders toward the Hague-based court, which has largely focused on crimes committed in Africa.
Willy Nyamitwe, the senior adviser and spokesman for President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, said in a Twitter posting
that the court’s decision reflected what he called its "outrageous lies to implement Westerners’ hidden agenda to destabilize #Africa."
What appears to be a today’s decision is nothing else but a backdated decision (October 25, 2017).
The decision stunned and infuriated the government of Burundi, the tiny southern African nation
that is the first — and so far, only — country to withdraw as a party to the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the court in 2002.
9, 2017
When Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court less than two weeks ago, its
leaders thought they had successfully avoided an inquiry into egregious crimes including murder, torture and rape.
In September, a United Nations human rights panel found
that Burundi’s top leaders and security agencies were implicated in such crimes, and it urged the International Criminal Court to open an inquiry.
#Burundi#Twenga https://t.co/0zmchAwNDo Burundi’s withdrawal has come to symbolize resentment by African
leaders toward the Hague-based court, which has largely focused on crimes committed in Africa.