ICC could probe Kenyan vote
2009-07-03 20:03
The Hague - The International Criminal Court says Kenya will ask it to investigate violence that followed disputed 2007 elections if the country's Parliament cannot agree on how to prosecute perpetrators.
The world's first permanent war crimes court also says Kenya will turn over details of its investigation to prosecutors in The Hague to allow them to begin "preliminary examinations".
The statement was issued after Kenya's Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo met the court's prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, on Friday.
Riots and ethnic fighting killed more than 1 000 people after Kenya's disputed presidential election.
A government commission recommended establishing a special tribunal, but Parliament rejected the proposal in February.
- AP