(JollofNews) – The Gambia has notified the United Nations that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, the third African country to give formal notice of a pullout, a UN spokesman said Monday.
South Africa and Burundi also ignored appeals from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to reverse their decisions and have sent letters confirming that they are quitting the ICC.
“We have received the official, formal notification, which has now been processed,” UN spokesman Farhan Haq said.
Banjul’s decision to pull out of the court struck a personal blow against the tribunal’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, a Gambian lawyer and former justice minister.
Gambian Information Minister Sheriff Bojang charged that the ICC had been used “for the persecution of Africans and especially their leaders” while ignoring crimes committed by the West.
Gambia’s withdrawal will take effect one year after the letter was received on November 4.
Kenya, Namibia and Uganda are among other African countries that have indicated they, too, are considering pulling out of the Rome statute, the ICC’s founding treaty.
I don’t understand why this is possible. Why the choice to get out of it. There must be a Worldcourt where everyone can be prosecuted.
ICC? We want truest justice for all starting A to Z mean war crimes in Iraq Afghanistan Libya George bush tony Blair Nickolas sarkozy and Israeli government then African people otherwise is false ,African must wake now we need own justice own words not to listen to the liars how can we accept that only black man have to face white justice???? 50/50 by the law but only African leaders?ICC or 50/50 or time to finish I’m sure that time will come