ABUBAKAR Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, surprised watchers of unfolding events in Nigeria when he pledged the Federal Government’s commitment to end impunity at the opening of the 18th Session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute, at the International Criminal Court, ICC, recently at The Hague, The Netherlands.
While supporting efforts for the ICC to become a global independent and impartial court, the Federal Government condemned attacks meant to cripple the Court’s “fight against impunity and the laying of a solid foundation for a peaceful and just world”.
As a signatory to the Rome Statute of the ICC, Nigeria is not only duty-bound to support efforts of the global court, it must also conform to its rules aimed at minimising impunity and rights abuses.
Unfortunately, however, Nigeria is already a marked country in the ICC following several assessment visits by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Court,…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
