Assembly/AU/Dec.547(XXIV) Page 2 Kenyatta while regretting the period it took the Office of the Prosecutor to arrive at the decision and the continued prosecution through disclosure of alleged evidence available to the ICC against him; 9. NOTES WITH CONCERN that the case against the Deputy President William Samoei Ruto is still proceeding before the International Criminal Court and REITERATES to the ICC the imperative need to terminate its prosecution against the Deputy President as per the previous decisions; 10. RECALLS its decision Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1 particularly 12(i) that African States Parties should comply with African Union decision on ICC and continue to speak with one voice to ensure that African proposals to the amendments to articles 16 and 27 of the Rome Statute of the ICC are considered by the ASP Working Group on amendments as well as by the forthcoming sessions of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute; 11. EXPRESSES its concern on the failure by the ASP to consider the concerns and proposals for amendments by African Union of the Rome Statute of the ICC during the 13th Session of the ASP held in New York from 8 to 17 December, 2014; 12. THANKS Member States, African Group in New York and at the Hague ,the Contact Group and other like-minded States Parties to the Rome Statute for their work and continued support in fast-tracking the consideration of African concerns and amendment proposals to the Rome Statute; 13. REGRETS that the AU’s endorsement of one person as a sole candidate for the post of judge of the ICC was not respected by some African States Parties; 14. RECALLS its decision Assembly/AU/Dec.529(XXIII) during the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in June, 2014 adopting the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to try international crimes; 15. UNDERSCORES the need to expeditiously operationalize the exercise of the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to try international crimes through signing and ratification of both the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights and the Protocol on the Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights by Member States of the African Union and UNDERLINE the need to ensure predictable and sustainable funding; 16. REITERATES its commitment to fund all AU Organs and Institutions including the African Court of Justice and Human Rights; 17. DECIDES as follows: