Articles by Solomon Dersso

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Africa’s Challenge to the ICC
Solomon Dersso – Al Jazeera, 14 Nov 2016

On November 16, the signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court will come together and for the first time they’ll have to face defections. In a matter of weeks three states withdrew from the ICC. The scrutiny of the three African withdrawals from the ICC should not be reduced to accusations of seeking impunity.

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Libya: On the Brink of Abyss
Solomon Dersso – Al Jazeera, 18 Nov 2013

Libya’s dangerous slip into anarchy will have serious implications for Africa. Overshadowed by the events in Egypt and Syria, Libya’s multidimensional crisis attracts little attention.

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The International Criminal Court’s Africa Problem
Solomon Dersso – Al Jazeera, 17 Jun 2013

The ICC’s current list of cases puts into question the international character of the ICC, giving credence to descriptions of the court as being the “International Criminal Court for Africa”. “Its name notwithstanding, the ICC is rapidly turning into a Western court to try African crimes against humanity”.

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