Kenya: KHRC Request to Participate in ICC Process Rejected

5 February 2013

Nairobi — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has refused to allow Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) to participate in the judicial process against four Kenyans accused of crimes against humanity.

In a ruling issued last Friday, the presiding Judge Kuniko Ozaki said KHRC's particular request to support in handling of witnesses was already taken care of by the Office of The Prosecutor and Victims and Witnesses Unit (VWU) and therefore did not require extra help to do that.

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