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I found Daniel Abe’s post to be the most persuasive. He thinks that the ICC’s dismal cases are coming at too high of a price. One of the other posts argued that the ICC should be getting more funding as this would increase the likelihood of victims forming civil society groups that could make domestic demands and ultimately empower the ICC. As Abe states, the ICC has been targeting African countries and has spent over $1billion in the 2/9 cases. This may seem like progress but against larger and more powerful countries, the cost of conviction would be immense. In my opinion, the ICC will never have enough authority to convict some countries in the West. If the ICC is struggling to convict leaders in Kenya and other African countries, regardless of how much funding they may receive, countries in the West and certainly the US will never back down. In the end, Abe’s last point is that the money that could be potentially spent on the ICC should go to education and healthcare in Africa. This could help solve numerous problems in African countries and in the long run prevent genocide and crimes against humanity by creating better leaders. 



 

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