Lawyers for Kenya’s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta have urged the International Criminal Court to drop charges against him.
He denies accusations of instigating violence after the disputed 2007 poll.
The special hearing came a week after charges against his co-accused, Francis Muthaura, were dramatically dropped.
Mr Kenyatta’s lawyers argue charges against him are now compromised but the ICC prosecutor has said she has additional evidence against him.
The trial of Mr Kenyatta, who narrowly passed the 50% threshold to win elections earlier this month, is scheduled to start in July.
In the aftermath of the election in December 2007 – when Raila Odinga narrowly lost to incumbent President Mwai Kibaki – more than 1,000 people were killed and about 600,000 were left homeless.
Mr Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, is accused of organising attacks on members of ethnic groups seen as supporting Mr Odinga following the 2007 vote.
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