Rethink push to have Africa walk out of the Rome Statute

In one fell swoop, African presidents meeting in Addis Ababa on Sunday adopted President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposal setting the stage for a mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

To recap, the ICC was established in 1998. The Rome Statute, the treaty that established the court, established four core international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.