National Accountability for International Crimes in Africa
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-88043-9 (ISBN)
This book critically examines the issues pertaining to the Rome Statute's complementarity principle. The focus lies on the primacy of African states to prosecute alleged perpetrators of international crimes in their respective jurisdictions. The chapters explore states' international and domestic obligations to hold perpetrators of international crimes to account before the national courts, and demonstrate the complexity of enforcing national accountability of alleged perpetrators of international crimes while also ensuring that post-conflict African states achieve national healing, reconciliation, and sustainable peace. The contributions reject impunity for international crimes whilst also considering these complexities. Emphasis further lies on the meaning of accountability in the context of the politics of selective international criminal justice for crimes committed before the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
lt;p>Emma Charlene Lubaale (LLD) is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Rhodes University, South Africa. She has previously taught law at the University of Venda. Her research interests include international human rights law, women and children's rights, international criminal law and criminal law in the domestic perspective. She has published widely on the subject of national accountability for international crimes in Africa and has previously worked as a lead researcher for the advanced moot court competitions at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango (SJD) is a full professor in the Department of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is also an Admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Her research interests include international law and constitutional law, with a focus on African Union law and South Africa's international and constitutional obligations, as well as South Africa's interpretation and application of international law.
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Relevance of Debates on National Accountability for International Crimes in Africa.- Part I: African Union's Perspectives on the Complementarity Principle in Africa.- Chapter 2. An Effective Complement To National Criminal Justice Systems, Operating Within the Highest Standards of International Justice?: African States, The International Criminal Court & Complementarity.- Chapter 3. Appraising The Regime Of Cooperation Under The Malabo Protocol.- Chapter 4. Universal Jurisdiction as a tool in promoting accountability for international crimes in Africa: Exploring the Significance of Hissène Habré's Conviction.- Chapter 5. Complementarity and criminal liability of companies in Africa: Missing the mark?.- Part II: The Complementarity Principle and Prospectives.- Chapter 6. Expanding the Scope of Complementarity? Towards Institutionalised Complementarity Between the International Criminal Court And National Criminal Justice Systems In Africa.- Chapter 7. African Restorative Justice Approaches as Complementarity: The Case of Libya.- Chapter 8. Now Available But Still Not Accessible to the ICC: Bashir And Africa's Politics.- Part III: Ongoing Prospectives and Challenges of National Accountability for International Crimes in Africa.- Chapter 9. Complementarity and federalism: Prosecuting international crimes under the Rome Statute complementarity principle in Nigeria as a Federal State.- Chapter 10. Accountability For Violations Against Internally Displaced Persons In Nigeria: Finding A Nexus Between International Criminal Justice And Human Rights Violations'.- Chapter 11. The establishment of the Hybrid Court For South Sudan and the Special Criminal Court For Central African Republic: Challenges And Prospects.- Chapter 12. A Critical Assessment of the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda.- Chapter 13. Wild Goose Chase, Or A Quest for Genuine Prosecution? Lessons From Uganda's Ongoing Trial of Thomas Kwoyelo.- Part IV:Reflecting on National Accountability for Pre-Rome Statute International Crimes.- Chapter 14. South Africa's Accountability for International Crimes: Revisiting the (Non) Prosecution of Perpetrators of Apartheid for Crimes against Humanity.- Chapter 15. A History of Atrocity: Patterns, Perpetrators and Prospects for Accountability for International Crimes in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 16. Unpacking Gukurahundi Atrocities Against the Ndebeles of Zimbabwe: What Are the Possibilities for Individual Criminal Responsibility Of The Perpetrators Under International Criminal Law?.- Conclusion.- Chapter 17. Where to, now?
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.02.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XXVI, 652 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 1006 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | accountability for international crimes • African politics • Africa's national courts • Africa’s national courts • criminal justice • International Criminal Court and Complementarity • International Criminal Court ICC • International Law • policy reforms in Africa • principle of complementarity • Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-88043-5 / 3030880435 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-88043-9 / 9783030880439 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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