The Government of Kenya has requested the United Nations Security Council to defer the Kenyan situation. Through its, Permanent Mission to the UN, Kenya states that: “Kenya regrets to inform the Council that the concerns of Kenya and indeed of the African union, on this matter with the International Criminal Court in light of the situations in the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of the Sudan. As the requests made to the council pursuant to these discussions have not been met with due consideration, the African Union remains actively seized of this matter.” The African Union Executive Council during the AU Summit in South Africa, called for the termination or suspension of charges against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto until their proposal to amend the Article 27 of the Rome Statute is considered. The AUC further called for the suspension of charges against the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir and for the United Nations Security Council to withdraw the referral.
