I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes.
Interpretation
The ICC's focus is on individual accountability for crimes, not targeting Africa as a whole.
Kofi Annan asserts that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not biased against Africa, but rather is committed to combating impunity by prosecuting individuals accused of serious crimes. This perspective emphasizes the ICC's role as a neutral institution aimed at upholding justice, rather than an adversary to any specific region or continent.
In practice
In a speech advocating for international justice, one might say, 'As Kofi Annan pointed out, the ICC is essential in fighting impunity.'
If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.
Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world's disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?
People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what β and who β we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.
Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.
What I have realized is I cannot guarantee the absence of discrimination or hatred or prejudice, but I can guarantee the presence of justice.
The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.
Where evil men would seek to perpetuate _x000D_ an unjust status quo, _x000D_ good men must seek to bring into being _x000D_ a real order of justice.
Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.
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