Kenya: Compelling ICC Witnesses to Testify Poses Test - Experts

Nairobi — Justice experts have given a cautious welcome to the decision by judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to summon eight witnesses who had refused to testify for the prosecution in the case against Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto.

On April 17, the three-judge panel hearing the case against William Ruto and former broadcaster Joshua arap Sang ruled by a two-to-one majority that the witnesses should appear before the court via video-link or at an agreed location in Kenya. The ICC is unable to force witnesses to travel to The Hague to testify in court.

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