Publication

This paper examines the origins and impact of the ICC’s work in Kenya. The paper re-traces the background to the post-elections violence and situates the ICC within the mediation agreements of the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation (KNDR). It describes how Kenya became an ICC situation and looks at the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor, Victims’ Participation and Reparations Service, and Witness and Victims’ Protection Unit in Kenya. The paper considers whether the ICC’s work in Kenya has contributed to other legal, policy and institutional rising from the KNDR. It also explores whether the intended impact of the ICC – complementarity and deterrence – has yet been realized in Kenya.