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Crimes against humanity The Court of Appeal had, in a judgment last year, found that the government's failure to classify SGBV-related offences committed during the 2007–08 post-election violence as crimes against humanity violated the Constitution.

However, the Court of Appeal acknowledged that although the State had intelligence reports warning of possible post-election violence, the sporadic nature of the unrest, its rapid spread across different parts of the country, and coordination challenges among security agencies made it difficult to effectively contain or prevent the crisis.

Justices Daniel Musinga, Francis Tuiyott and George Odunga held that the State also violated the Rome Statute, international human rights law and domestic law by failing to effectively investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity, including rape, torture, persecution, sexual violence and other inhumane acts.