Claims of ICC bias and double standards at ASP annual meeting

Envoys from African nations have put the International Criminal Court in the dock over claims of bias and unfair treatment in an attempt to explain treaty withdrawals by South Africa, Burundi and Gambia.

The three shock withdrawals from the Rome Statute, delivered through notices to the United Nations Secretary-General last month, inflected conversations at the 10-day annual Assembly of States Parties, which ended at The Hague on Thursday.