"Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Monday announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a joint statement, the military-led West African states said that the court's jurisdiction had "transformed into an instrument of neocolonial repression in the hands of imperialism." Because of this, neighboring states accused the ICC of becoming "a global example of selective justice." Juntas say ICC 'incapable' of prosecuting war crimes"
""The ICC has proven itself incapable of handling and prosecuting proven war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of genocide, and crimes of aggression," the West African states said. The military-led countries have previously used this same argument to justify their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The three states also said they wanted to create "indigenous mechanisms for the consolidation of peace and justice"."
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the court's jurisdiction of becoming an instrument of neocolonial repression and selective justice. The juntas said the ICC is incapable of handling and prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and crimes of aggression, and invoked the same reasoning when leaving ECOWAS. The three states expressed intent to create indigenous mechanisms for peace and justice. Military governments that seized power between 2020 and 2023 formed the Alliance of Sahel States, distanced themselves from France, and sought closer military cooperation with Russia. The region faces deadly jihadist violence while national armies face accusations of crimes against civilians. The ICC is a permanent Hague-based tribunal established in 2002 to prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity; the United States, China and Russia are not members.
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