Civil society organizations urge the Kenyan government and parliament to reaffirm their support for the International Criminal Court and put a stop to any attempts to undermine the Rome Statute system and the ICC’s Kenya investigation, including through withdrawal or seeking deferral.

The Kenyan government should reaffirm its commitment to the International Criminal Court. African countries that are states parties to the ICC should reject any steps at the upcoming African Union summit that would undermine justice for victims in Kenya.

The European Union rule-of-law mission in Kosovo should appoint an independent, high-level prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes by former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

China's first National Human Rights Action Plan committed the Chinese government to end the practice of "extortion of confessions by torture" and put police and security forces on notice that "it is strictly forbidden to extort confessions by torture."

Security forces associated with Laurent Gbagbo are abducting and “disappearing” his rival’s supporters. Alassane Ouattara, Gbagbo’s rival, is widely believed to have won last month’s disputed presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire. Ivorian leaders who order and encourage these kinds of grave human rights abuses could be held accountable by the International Criminal Court.

The United States and European governments should demand thorough and impartial criminal investigations in Kosovo and Albania into allegations of serious crimes by former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members.

The Zambian government should make clear that President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan will be arrested if he travels to Zambia. News reports indicate that al-Bashir may attend the special summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to be held on December 15, 2010, in Lusaka.

African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa are seriously concerned over reports of a possible visit to Zambia by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir—sought by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes committed in Darfur—to attend the Special Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to be held on December 15 in Lusaka.