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It will be a demanding process and there could be delays and setbacks. Our first trial was stayed two times. We had to appeal the genocide charges against President Al Bashir. So there will be fights in court. We will persist and do our part. We count on your support. But I want to be clear: we will not go further than these six individuals. We are helping Kenya to start, to break impunity. Kenyans will decide on their own way forward.
Doing justice for massive crimes is a long journey. Different countries have chosen different paths. South Africa is well-known for its truth commission, in Argentina we started prosecuting the top leaders 25 years ago, and today there are still new investigations being opened against other individuals. So there are different models. Kenya has the opportunity to create its own path. After the ICC decisions, Kenyans can discuss whether other individuals should be prosecuted -- discussions you deserve -- but today Kenya should discuss how to assist the victims now, how to ensure peace and reconciliation. In this sense, Kenya is today creating a new path.
There was a political agreement to stop violence and harmonize positions. This achievement could be challenged in the coming months. There are still tensions...
There is a need to heal and ensure reconciliation. This is a challenge for today.
The judicial process will put the suffering of the victims in the center of the public agenda. Those women raped and infected with HIV, those wounded, the families of those killed, those who lost their homes, internally displaced persons should be assisted today. There is no reason to wait until the end of the ICC trial.
That is why this meeting is an opportunity for you to develop the Kenya path, a comprehensive model of justice, integrating the inquiries carried out by the Kenyan commissions, the ICC trials, the political and social process of peace and reconciliation and reparation to the victims, and constitutional and systemic changes. This is the future. This is today's work. We are grateful to be part of it.
Thank you.
Reference
Kofi Annan Foundation (2010). "Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation, Two Years On,
Where Are We?" Statement by Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. http://kofiannanfoundation.org/newsroom/speeches/2010/12/kenya-national-dialogue-and-reconciliation-two-years-where-are-we-statemen
Reference
Kofi Annan Foundation (2010). "Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation, Two Years On,
Where Are We?" Statement by Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. http://kofiannanfoundation.org/newsroom/speeches/2010/12/kenya-national-dialogue-and-reconciliation-two-years-where-are-we-statemen
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