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Zambia will not leave ICC: FM

Xinhua, November 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Zambia will continue being part of the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite some African nations planning to pull out, state media reported on Friday.

"Zambia is not pulling out of the ICC, if need will arise in future, we will come back to the people because it is not a decision which can be made overnight as cabinet has to deliberate over it," foreign minister Harry Kalaba was quoted saying by the Zambia Daily Mail.

Some African countries have announced plans to pull out of the ICC, after accusing the court of disproportionately bringing charges against suspected human rights abusers from the continent.

African countries that have decided to withdraw from the ICC included Gambia, Burundi and South Africa.

The ICC, which opened in July 2002, is the first legal body with the permanent international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Endit