Selective Enforcement and International Criminal Law: The International Criminal Court and Africa
- ISBN-10
- 1780683871
- ISBN-13
- 9781780683874
- Category
- Criminal law
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Author
- James Nyawo
Description
The dynamics of enforcing international criminal justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC) has become a challenging exercise in Africa. At times the uneasy relationship between the ICC, the African Union, and a few influential African states has given rise to concerns about the future of international criminal justice in general, and in Africa in particular. Still, the enthusiasts for international criminal justice as enforced by the ICC, interpret the challenges that the ICC is encountering in Africa as part of the growing pains of a new institution in the international system. The distractors have already prepared the ICC's obituary. One of the criticisms levelled against the ICC, and which is the motivation for, and central theme behind, this book is that the ICC has morphed and ceased to be an independent legal institution, instead becoming a political tool utilized by politically powerful states in the West against their political opponents in Africa. More specifically, the Court is alleged to be selectively enforcing international criminal law by only officially opening investigations and prosecutions in Africa. Although this book recognizes that selective implementation of criminal justice is acceptable both at the domestic and international level, it analyzes the legal and political factors behind the Court's focus on international crimes committed in Africa when there are other situations to which the court should potentially turn its attention, such as in Syria, Afghanistan or the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The book seeks to determine whether such a focus implies that Africa has the monopoly over international crimes or whether African victims or perpetrators are any different from those in the Middle East? In addition the book attempts to uncover the basis and the validity of the African Union and some African states' criticisms of the ICC. (Series: Supranational Criminal Law: Capita Selecta, Vol. 20) Subject: International Criminal Law, African Law]
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2017
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- -
Similar books
-
Criminal Law
By William Wilson"This is the seventh edition of this book. A number of interesting developments have occurred since the last edition.
-
Smith and Hogan's Criminal Law
By John Cyril Smith, Karl Laird, Brian Hogan127 For criticism, see N Cavanagh, 'Corporate Criminal Liability: An Assessment of the Models of Fault' (2011) 75 JCrim L 414. Although Cavanagh argues that this model is preferable to the other options, he suggests that it nevertheless ...
-
Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Criminal Law
By Karl Laird, David Ormerod134 For criticism, see N Cavanagh, 'Corporate Criminal Liability: An Assessment of the Models of Fault' (2011) 75 J Crim L 414. Although Cavanagh argues that this model is preferable to the other options, he suggests that it ...
-
Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Text, Cases, and Materials on Criminal Law
By Karl Laird, David OrmerodFURTHER READING Corporate liability C. Clarkson, 'Kicking Corporate Bodies and D. Bergman, The Case for Corporate Responsi- Damning their Souls' (1996)59 MLR557 bility (2000) J. Gobert, 'Corporate Criminality: Four N. Cavanagh, ...
-
Bourke's Criminal Law, Victoria
By John Peter Bourke, Victoria, Gerard NashBourke's Criminal Law, Victoria
-
Bourke's Criminal Law Victoria
Bourke's Criminal Law Victoria
-
Defining Federal Crimes
By William J. Stuntz, Daniel C. Richman, Kate StithParticularly since students' basic Criminal Law courses draw on penal laws from any number of jurisdictions, this book will be their first exposure to an actual criminal law system, in which each law-shaping institution can react to the ...
-
Guide to Criminal Law for Maryland
By Kelly A. KoermerSimilarly , Perkins and Boyce explain that " presence at the scene of an offense is not itself sufficient to constitute any sort of criminal guilt . Obviously a terrified onlooker is not to be punished for his mere misfortune in having ...
-
General Principles of Criminal Law
By Jerome Hall28 It is clear, e.g. from his reference to a "mere intention unevidenced by an observable act,"29 that he was interpreting "actus reus" as an act, resembling the narrow meaning of Austin and Holmes.30 Professor J. W. C. Turner adopted ...
-
Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement
By Norman Abrams, Sara S. Beale, Susan Riva KleinThe Sixth Edition is an entire reworking of this classic casebook. Beyond its traditional role in teaching a broad-gauge federal criminal law course, the book is well suited for use in white collar crime courses or seminars.