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The AU shifted from early cooperation to open friction after the 2009 al-Bashir warrant, framing the Court as disproportionately focused on Africa. 12
In 2017 the AU adopted a non-binding 'withdrawal strategy,' though only Burundi actually left — most members stayed, revealing a split between rhetoric and state practice. 34
The deeper question for a paper: is this a critique of selectivity, a sovereignty claim, or elite self-protection — the scholarship divides sharply. 5
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