ICC-CPI-20110318-PR644
Situation: Republic of Kenya
Case: The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali
Today, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided to convene the hearing for the initial appearance of Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali on Friday, 8 April 2011, at 2:30 p.m. (The Hague local time, GMT+1), instead of the date of 7 April as previously ordered. In its decision the Chamber indicated that this change of date is due to the fact that, during the afternoon of 7 April, the Courts' rooms are occupied with the ongoing hearings related to the Trial Chambers.
The date of the initial appearance of Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang remains scheduled for Thursday, 7 April, at 9:30 a.m. (The Hague local time, GMT+1).
The Republic of Kenya ratified the Rome Statute on 15 March 2005, becoming a State Party to the ICC. On 6 November 2009, upon receiving a letter from the Prosecutor indicating his intention to submit a request for the authorisation of an investigation proprio motu in relation to the post-election violence of 2007-2008, the ICC's Presidency issued a decision assigning the situation in the Republic of Kenya to Pre-Trial Chamber II. On 26 November 2009, the Prosecutor submitted a request to Pre-Trial Chamber II for the authorisation of an investigation into that situation. On 31 March 2010, Pre-Trial Chamber II granted the Prosecutor's request. On 8 March 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber II issued, by majority, summonses to appear before the Court on 7 April 2011, for six Kenyan citizens: William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey, Joshua Arap Sang, Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali.
