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Kenya gets ‘rap on the knuckles’ for non-compliance with war crimes court

Kenya's President Kenyatta appears before the ICC in The Hague on 8 October 2014. AFP Photo/Peter Dejong

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An ICC judge ruled on Monday that Kenya failed to comply with its obligations to cooperate with the International Criminal Court. The court says the matter will be referred to the ICC's oversight body, the Assembly of States Parties.Kenya had fought a campaign to have President Uhuru Kenyatta's trial quashed, along with that of William Ruto, Kenya's deputy president. They had both been accused of involvement in post-election violence in 2007-2008 that saw some 1300 people killed.The collapse of the case was seen by many as one of the ICC's biggest setbacks. RFI spoke to Nick Kaufman, a lawyer and expert on the International Criminal Court.