International Criminal Court Resumes Investigation Into Afghanistan
In an Oct. 31 decision the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II found that the government of Afghanistan failed to properly investigate alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the country since May 1, 2003.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized the Office of the Prosecutor to resume its investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan. The government of Afghanistan had sought a deferral in March 2020 of the ICC’s investigation, stating that it would pursue its own investigation into the allegations, citing Article 18(2) of the Rome Statute in seeking a deferral.
In the Oct. 31 decision resuming the investigation, the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber II determined that the government of Afghanistan had not investigated or taken the steps to investigate the alleged crimes “in a manner that covers the full scope of the Prosecutor’s intended investigations and that would justify even a partial deferral of the Court’s investigations.”
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