LAST February, the ICC said it was investigating allegations that the Philippines’ president had committed “crimes against humanity.” These charges have been pushed, especially by two Duterte critics. The prosecution of President Uhuru Kenyatta led to the Kenyan parliament’s call for withdrawal from the ICC and the call on more than 30 African member states to withdraw their support. In the past few years, many African leaders have accusesd the ICC of “mishandling complex African issues,” and several countries, including South Africa, intend to withdraw from the ICC. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the ICC secured its first verdict only in 2012, when Ocampo’s nine-year tenure at the ICC was about to end. Unsurprisingly, the half a dozen countries that voted against the ICC Statute in 1998 included both the US and China.
