AU's strategy on ICC 'went through with many reservations'
1 February 2017
Addis Ababa - African heads of state have adopted a strategy for mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the just ended African Union (AU) summit – but with many reservations.
An official communique is yet to be issued, but two delegates who attended the last day of the summit on Tuesday confirmed that the decision was taken by consensus.
South Africa was one of the countries pushing for the withdrawal.
"It was done by consensus," an AU official said, "but you know when there is consensus nobody says what it is that they didn’t want to do."