ICC commend United States efforts in promoting International Justice

by admin
Apr 4, 2013
The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatour Bensouda, praised the United States' efforts in helping the court ensure that perpetrators of war crimes are brought to justice.
Bensouda's comments follow a recent reward programme that the United States initiated in hope of encouraging people to provide information that could lead to the arrest of war crimes suspects.
Speaking to the Voice of America, she said,
"With the reward program we would be able to receive information, we are able to develop intelligence from there and maybe this will facilitate the arrest of individuals that are sought by the court. So, for us this is significant."
Bensouda also went on to deny allegations that the ICC were only targeting African countries, retorting that it was the African countries themselves that have approached the ICC to combat the prevalent impunity.

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