Chad's Withdrawal from ICC: A Tool for Settling Scores with Africans

Chadian analyst Laljim Narcisse stated that he was not surprised by the Chadian government's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), emphasizing that the ICC has deviated from its founding purpose and has become a tool for settling scores with Africans.Narcisse noted that the ICC no longer serves its founding purpose and

Today, we understand that this justice system is being used to settle scores with Africans. No European has been convicted.

highlighted this point. The Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the ICC's activities had been examined and found to be ineffective. Chad argued that the ICC's activities have been politicized, as the majority of investigations target African countries, and called for the establishment of international justice mechanisms within the African Union. Previously, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger had also withdrawn from the Rome Statute for similar reasons.