Lawyers make new demand on ICC probe
Lawyers representing provincial administrators and police bosses in the post-election violence investigation said on Monday they had spelt out conditions of engagement with ICC to Attorney-General Amos Wako.
The provincial commissioners and police bosses are set to appear before International Criminal Court investigators tomorrow.
Among the issues they need clarified is the questions the ICC investigators want to ask their clients.
“We want them to tell us what they want to ask our clients in advance so we can prepare adequately for the sessions,” one of the lawyers who did not want to be named said.
The new conditions are likely to bring another hurdle in the ICC investigations.
And the ICC President Sang-Hyun Song told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo planned to present at least two cases against those most responsible for the violence.
Mr Song said the focus would be on those who coordinated, financed or organised the crimes.
The investigation will centre on crimes committed between June 1, 2005 and November 26, 2009.
The judge made the revelations on Thursday when he presented the court’s sixth annual report to the United Nations General Assembly.
First warrant of arrest
He commended the court for issuing its first warrant of arrest for genocide against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the ICC over genocide in Darfur.
However, he accused Kenya of failing to cooperate in efforts to arrest Mr Bashir.
