Chad announced it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, becoming the fifth country to do so recently. The withdrawal cites limited effectiveness and concentration on African countries, amid US pressure.
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Chad became on Monday the latest country to announce plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), complaining its effectiveness was "limited and uneven" and its activities were focused on Africa. It follows Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in starting the process to pull out of the ICC, based in The Hague, which prosecutes individuals for war crimes and crimes against huma
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Chad becomes the fifth country to withdraw from the ICC recently, amid rising US pressure and accusations of bias.
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Chad announces its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, citing limited effectiveness and following pressure from the United States. Chad announces its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, citing limited effectiveness and following pressure from the United States.
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Chad announced that it is withdrawing from the Rome Statute and, therefore, from the International Criminal Court, as several other countries in the Sahel region have done. In an official statement, Chad’s government criticised the ICC’s alleged partiality, arguing that most of its investigations have concerned the African continent.