WHAT IS THE ICC DOING?
– ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is gathering preliminary information on the Kenyan case, and has said he will take over if Nairobi does not set up a local court. – Crisis mediator Kofi Annan has sent the ICC investigator a list of 10 names of suspected chief perpetrators of the violence. That has both heightened pressure on Kenya to establish a court, and furnished Moreno-Ocampo with leads. – The various parties have made different statements on the timeline involved, but it seems clear that Kenya has until September of this year to come up with a concrete, approved plan, then until mid-2010 to actually set up the court. WHY DOES IT MATTER? – Often forgotten in the political debate are the victims: the families of the bereaved, those still carrying wounds, and the refugees. There is deep resentment among Kenya’s 35 million people at a crisis perceived to have been caused by political leaders — whipping up supporters along tribal lines — and the lack of accountability afterw
