On April 9, 2013, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta was sworn in as Kenya's president, following a Supreme Court decision rejecting challenges to the March 2013 election. Kenyatta, along with the deputy president-elect, William Samoei Ruto, both face trial (in two separate cases) before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of committing crimes against humanity during Kenya's 2007-2008 post-election violence.
The cases stem from investigations opened by the ICC prosecutor in 2010 after Kenya's national authorities failed to bring those responsible for crimes committed during the violence to justice. Human Rights Watch researchers documented several patterns of violence in the 2007-2008 post-election period, including extrajudicial killings and excessive use of force by the police, and ethnic-based attacks and reprisals by militia groups on both sides of the political divide. The post-election violence claimed more than 1,100 lives and forced at least 650,000 people from their homes.
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