Bolivia: CPI refuses to investigate former president Evo Morales for crimes against humanity

The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected on Monday the request of bolivia to investigate former President Evo Morales and the organizers of a mobilization to block roads for crimes against humanity.

The Bolivian government asked the CPI in September 2020 to investigate the campaign that, according to what he denounced, had caused the death of 40 coronavirus patients because oxygen could not be supplied to hospitals. But the chief prosecutor of the CPI, Karim Khansaid it would not open a formal investigation as the alleged acts were not within the jurisdiction of the court based in The Hague.

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“After a thorough and independent evaluation of the information available to my office, I have determined that the criteria established in the Rome Statute to open an investigation are not met”He said khan it’s a statement.

“I have concluded that the alleged conduct does not satisfy the contextual elements of crimes against humanity”, he added.

The Rome Statute establishes the rules under which the CPI in 2002 to judge the worst crimes committed in the world.

States may formally refer suspected crimes to the CPIwhich conducts a preliminary investigation before deciding whether to launch a full investigation.

The referral of bolivia accused Morales and the organizers of the road blockade of deliberately preventing urgent medical supplies from reaching hospitals during their 12-day campaign.

The blockade began in September 2020 after the government postponed elections several times.

Khan said some protesters “They may have acted recklessly.”though protest leaders urged them to let the drugs through.

But even if the alleged acts during the lockdown had been proven, they would not have been qualified as a “attack” coordinated against the civilian population and therefore as crimes against humanity, said Khan.

The chief prosecutor explained that his conclusions “should not be considered as taking a position on any of the events or dynamics related to the alleged incidents or on the experience that the people of bolivia He had one of those events.”

Morales, the first indigenous president of boliviahad fled into exile in 2019 after 14 years in power amid protests over his own controversial re-election that year.

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Source: Elcomercio

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