Chad to withdraw from International Criminal Court

NDJAMENA : Chad became on Monday the latest country to announce plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), complaining the tribunal’s effectiveness was “limited and uneven” and its activities were focused on Africa. The move follows pressure from the US, which earlier this month announced a campaign against the ICC, threatening more sanctions and accusing it of posing “an intolerable threat to US sovereignty”.

This month, Venezuela and the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger also started the process of leaving the ICC, based in The Hague, which prosecutes individuals for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Burundi and the Philippines have already withdrawn.

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