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The International Criminal Court is arguably engaged in the most important confrontation in its history, and it is losing.
Today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) was scheduled to begin
proceedings against Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta in its first ever
trial of a sitting president. But in the case’s third postponement, the
hearing has been pushed back to 5 February, 2014.
The ICC’s Chief
Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, moved the hearing in order to allow the
prosecution and defence, who had both separately asked for a delay, more
time to respond to new evidence and recent developments in the trial.
Bensouda however dismissed
the idea that Kenyatta’s need to attend to presidential duties – which
was one of the factors put forward by the defendant’s lawyers in asking
for a delay – could be a legitimate reason to postpone, arguing that
Kenyatta knew full well when he ran for office that he would have to be
present in court.
Kenyatta along with William Ruto, the current
Deputy President, and Joshua arap Sang, a former radio presenter, are
all standing trial for their alleged role in Kenya’s post-election
violence of 2007/2008.
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