Lawmakers in the Central African Republic have approved a new law that backs the creation of a special court which is expected to investigate reported war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the country.
The United Nations this week announced that a special criminal court will start work soon on the reported crimes with the global body’s deputy representative in the country, Najat Rochdi saying that work will begin next week.
The latest move by the parliament in Central African Republic is to give some legal backing to the work of the UN investigators.
Reuters quoted one lawmaker, Ernest Mezedio as saying that “With this law, we will now be able to count on the justice system to put an end to the conflicts, to the killings, to the massacres”.
The lawmaker also told Reuters that “The executioners who walk around freely should know that the hour of justice has sounded”.
Last year the U.N. published a report which said that series of killings, rapes, mutilation, looting and torture were committed by previous governments and armed groups.
Those crimes were committed in Central African country between 2003 and 2015, these crimes are considered crimes against humanity.
Deadly clashes are still continuing in Central African Republic with at least 26 people dieing in an attack by armed assailants on a church in the capital Bangui earlier this month.
Source: Africafeeds.com
