A look at some of the most interesting news stories and blogs on the International Criminal Court’s Kenya investigation:
- An Assistant Professor at the United States International University in Kenya writes about the affect the ICC proceedings will have on Kenya’s domestic accountability mechanisms. How Will International Criminal Prosecutions Impact Kenya’s Legacy of Political Violence?
- Taking a different angle, The EastAfrican website reports on how the case against the six suspects in Kenya could have an impact on the ICC. Mixed blessings: How Kenya can strengthen or weaken the ICC
- The Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation reported on what some of the suspects said at a rally upon returning from The Hague. Uhuru, Ruto accuse media of advancing PM’s cause
- This is a news report from the Kenya Daily Nation explaining a petition to limit that amount of time that Kenyan media spends on covering the six suspects. Plea to give Ocampo Six a blackout
- Alex Thurston discusses the new tone two of the suspects have taken since returning from The Hague on the Sahel blog. “Ocampo Six” Return to Kenya
- The Star reports details of why Kenya’s Attorney General wants the suspects to be investigated and prosecuted in a local tribunal. Wako Wants Ocampo 6 Prosecuted in Kenya
- The Attorney General also wants the ICC to accept the Government’s reply to statements submitted by the prosecution and victims’ representatives. Kenya demands right of reply on ICC statements
- The Kenya Daily Nation describes Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s appeal against an ICC order to share the number of witnesses, type of evidence, and witness statements with the defense teams of the six suspects. Ocampo goes to war over Hague witnesses