Marchandages politiciens et trocs de votes caractérisent trop souvent les nominations à des postes internationaux. L'élection du prochain procureur de la Cour pénale internationale offre une occasion unique de choisir le candidat le plus qualifié, estime Kofi Annan dans une tribune publiée dans Libération (France).

Kofi Annan writes in Business Day (South Africa) that the election of new International Criminal Court prosecutor must result in the appointment of the most qualified candidate, and not, as is too often the case, the person thought least offensive to most countries.

Writing in The International Herald Tribune, Kofi Annan argues that our challenge is to protect the innocent by building an International Criminal Court so strong, universal and effective that it will deter even the most determined of despots.

In his speech to a conference to mark 60 years of the Geneva Conventions organised by Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Kofi Annan outlined what he saw as the real challenges facing the Conventions - and international law - in the coming decades.

The International Criminal Court represents hope for victims of atrocities and sends a message that no one is above the law. Kofi Annan argues that this hope and message would be undermined if the African Union condemns the court because it has charged an African head of state. This article first appeared in The New York Times.

Desmond Tutu argues why African leaders must stand by those who have suffered in Darfur and support the International Criminal Court's issuance of an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. This article first appeared in The New York Times.