TANZANIA said yesterday that it will not quit the Haguebased International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing that the challenges and reforms for the court should be addressed from within.
Speaking with the visiting Israel
Minister for Justice, Ms Ayelet Shaked, the Minister for Justice and
Constitutional Affairs, Prof Palamagamba Kabudi, said Tanzania will
fight for reforms while within the ICC.He noted that the country
believes that to successfully challenge and bring about the needed
reforms in ICC, it is critical to remain within the body.
“We share concerns of fellow African
countries that the ICC operates in a manner that is bias against Africa
... there are also a number of things that should change,” Prof Kabudi
said.
He said most of the African countries
feel that the ICC has been unfair to Africa, saying the best way to
challenge the system is to fight from within ICC. The minister was
responding to a question by his Israel counterpart who sought to know
Tanzania’s position on the rife speculations that most of the African
countries intend to quit the ICC.
Prof Kabudi hinted that some of the
Israel refugees who fled the holocaust in Germany were hosted in
Tengeru, Arusha, where the graveyard of the dead remains visible. The
two ministers also discussed a number of bilateral issues and agreed to
cooperate, sharing their experiences to strengthen the legal aid
dispensation in Tanzania.
“We have one of the best legal aid
system in Israel and we would be more than happy to support Tanzania,”
the visiting minister told her host at the Julius Nyerere International
Convention Centre (JNICC).
Ms Shaked suggested that for effective
follow ups on implementation of the legal aid framework, the points of
contact be established in both Israel and Tanzania. The visiting Israel
minister who was in the country for a two-day working visit, left
yesterday.
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