Fanning Off the Sparks: Kenyas Dilemma to Cooperate with ICC or Ignore Arrest Warrant to Save Relations with Sudan

Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, University of Nairobi (Diplomacy and International Studies), course: Diplomacy, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses the conflict between Customary International Law and the Rome Statute. It explains the dilemma Kenya finds itself in its commitment to the ICC warrant of arrest on Bashir, on one hand, and its diplomatic relations with Sudan. It further discusses the geopolitics of the horn of Africa and its implication on Kenya's court decision to prefer warrant of arrest on President Al-Bashir should he set foot in Kenya. It concludes that the Kenyan courts find itself passing a decision that is very difficult to implement.