The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that Kenya had made \u201cunfounded and incorrect\u201d claims in urging the council to terminate the ICC cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.<\/p>\n
Ms Fatou Bensouda described Kenya\u2019s appeal to the Security Council last week as \u201ca backdoor attempt to politicise the judicial processes\u201d of the ICC.<\/p>\n
Noting that she has not received a copy of the May 2 letter sent to the council by Kenyan UN Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Ms Bensouda said she was speaking in response to earlier comments made to the council by Rwanda\u2019s ambassador.<\/p>\n
The Rwandan envoy, Eugene-Richard Gasana, had remarked during Wednesday\u2019s council meeting that Kenya\u2019s letter makes \u201ca compelling case against the methods of work of the office of the prosecutor on the Kenyan cases.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Gasana accused the ICC of being \u201cselective in its methods of investigating and prosecuting perpetrators of serious international crimes as it has failed to prosecute similar crimes committed in other parts of the world with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Bensouda added in her response that the ICC \u201chas always and will always continue to respect the sovereign equality of all states.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that \u201cthe ICC will not shy away from investigating individuals for any alleged crimes irrespective of their status.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Bensouda said she reserved the right to respond in detail to Kenya\u2019s letter to the council, which has not been officially released.<\/p>\n
The comments by the Rwanda ambassador and Ms Bensouda\u2019s response to them were made during the course of a Security Council session focused on prosecution of crimes committed in Libya during the pro-democracy uprising there in 2011.<\/p>\n
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