We continue to urge the government to address wider human rights abuses in Kenya. Promptly constituting the special tribunal will be an important step forward, and we believe that ensuring its effectiveness will contribute significantly to ending the wider problem of impunity in Kenya.

Located in the region of the world that has been hit the hardest by the AIDS epidemic — southern and eastern Africa — Kenya made antiretroviral treatment for AIDS free of charge in 2006, and has been lauded for its prevention measures. Yet research that Human Rights Watch conducted there last year shows that the government is not doing nearly enough to treat HIV-positive children, the most vulnerable patients.

About 40,000 children in Kenya are likely to die in the next 24 months if they do not receive antiretroviral treatment (ART).

Kenya has a sorry history of entrenching impunity and failing to investigate and prosecute criminal behaviour by senior politicians. The brilliance of the Waki report was in the specificity of its recommendations, the detailed timeline for implementation and provision for communicating the names of those suspected of masterminding the violence to the International Criminal Court should Kenya's leaders fail in their duty to deliver justice.

Refugees who survive the Somali militias and Kenyan police face additional problems when they go to one of three overcrowded and under-serviced refugee camps near the Kenyan town of Dadaab.

The Kenyan government, foreign donors, and United Nations agencies should rapidly increase their response to the worsening Somali refugee crisis in Kenya.

The Kenyan government and international partners should strongly support the call by the Waki commission investigating post-election violence to create a special tribunal to end Kenya's cycle of impunity.

At least 10 victims of the 2007 Horn of Africa rendition program still languish in Ethiopian jails and the whereabouts of several others is unknown.