Withdrawal of African Countries Puts Further Pressure on the International Criminal Court

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The proposed withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is causing international concern. The three West African countries are plagued by persistent terror violence; human rights organizations report serious abuses of which civilians are victims. Following an earlier announcement last autumn, the countries recently officially initiated proceedings to withdraw from the Rome Statute. That treaty establ…