An International Criminal Court (ICC) expert who is based in Paris, France, has told Aljazeera TV that the ICC is extending its mandate by prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto, who face crimes against humanity charges at the ICC.
John Laughland, Director of Studies at the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris and associate law professor at Harvard University said that Kenya's post-election violence in 2007-08 has no place in a tribunal for war crimes.
"The court was set up to deal with the laws of war, not judge on every single case of sporadic violence that happens around the world," Laughland said.
"The court was set up to deal with the laws of war, not judge on every single case of sporadic violence that happens around the world," Laughland said.
"The people who run this court want to increase their powers and are intoxicated by the idea of a supranational authority to police everything. What frightens me about that is that it is all being done without following the basic constitutional principle that all power needs to be restricted and counterbalanced." Laughland added.
He said ICC is treating Kenya as a pariah state where he urged the ICC to rethink their strategy before prosecuting the two cases.
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