Justice Prost Kimberly of the International Criminal
Court (ICC) has asked Uganda and other signatory states to the Rome Statute to
build capacity so as to realize justice at national and regional levels.
According to Kimberly, developing capacity will help in
prosecuting crimes against humanity at national and regional courts, which has
not been done before. Kimberly says there is a need to strive for a
situation where every state across all regions of the world has the legal
capacity to address war crimes without the ICC's intervention.
Kimberly was yesterday speaking at the two-day Workshop
in Kampala on the role of special courts in International Crimes.
William Byaruhanga, the Attorney General, said that the
ICC is viewed as an extension of colonialism. He says that its time people knew
that ICC is a default court where nobody is forced to join.
The International Criminal Court is made up of 123 member states and of these, 33 are African States.
The International Criminal Court is made up of 123 member states and of these, 33 are African States.
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