{UAH} British author describes the ICC as a European attempt to recolonise Africa

British author describes the ICC as a European attempt to recolonise Africa

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Published on Friday, 31 January 2014 11:18

Written by newbusinessethiopia

AUTHOR DR, DAVID HOILE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE 22ND AFRICAN HEADS OF STATES SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA JANUARY 30, 2014 - PHOTO: NEWBUSINESSETHIOPIA.COM

Researcher and author of several books on African affairs, Dr. David Hoile, in his study of the court entitled, ‘The International Criminal Court: Europe’s Guantanamo Bay?’ described the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) as a new European attempt to recolonise Africa. 

“A hundred and twenty years later Europe appears to still be trying to steal both Africa and Africans,” Dr. Hoile stated in his book.

They are now using their new creation, the International Criminal Court, to steal Africans from Africa to put on show-trials in Western Europe. This has been seen as a means of destabilizing African continent – something which then makes the political domination of Africa and the subsequent exploitation of African minerals and resources that much easier.”

The British author introduced two of his books in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday (January 30, 2014) during the 22nd Summit of African Heads of States, who have been at loggerheads with the ICC.

Dr. Hoile’s new book, ‘Justice Denied: The Reality of the International Criminal Court’ is expected to be published in March this year.

The author says even though the ICC Prosecutor received over 8,300 referrals regarding crimes against humanity and related issues from more than 130 countries, as of 2013 the Prosecutor only opened investigations in eight African countries – Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Mali and Libya. 

Supplementary video: At a press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 30, 2014 Researcher and author of several books on African affairs, Dr. David Hoile, briefing about his books and Europe's attempt to recolonise Africa using the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). 

“Not a single non-African country has been indicted, despite well-documented allegations of European war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq,” the author says.

Following the indictment of Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto in 2013, the issue of the ICC and its relationship with Africa has been at the top of the African Union’s agenda.

It is recalled that the African Union in October 2013 held a special Summit of African Heads of States and passed a resolution denouncing the court.

The ICC is established after 122 countries become Parties to the Rome Statute in 1998. Out of them 34 are African States, 18 are Asia-Pacific States, 18 are from Eastern Europe, 27 are from Latin American and Caribbean States, and 25 are from Western European and other States.

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