Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych - 20 September 2016: Kenyatta Case: Kenya failed to cooperate with the ICC

In a statement on Monday, 18 months after the end of the case, the International Criminal Court declared that "the Republic of Kenya had failed to comply with its obligations to cooperate with the ICC and referred the matter". As a matter of fact, the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (still in office), appears to be connected with ethnic violence which erupted in 2007-08, and led to 1,200 people dead and around 600,000 displaced. The case against Kenyatta lasted four years, and the charges were finally "withdrawn due to insufficient evidence" in 2014.

At the time, it was regarded as a setback, especially by ICC's experts, and it was admitted that the case was undermined by "allegations of witness intimidation, bribery, and false testimony".

Furthermore, it was stated that "Kenya has failed to comply with a cooperation request that has prevented the court from exercising its functions and powers under the Statute".

The African Union reacted arguing that the ICC is unfairly targeting the continent.