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Author Agwu, Fred, author.

Title Africa and international criminal justice : radical evils and the International Criminal Court / Fred Aja Agwu
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages)
Series Routledge research in the law of armed conflict
Routledge research in the law of armed conflict.
Contents PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. A précis on radical evils, the ICC, and African armed conflicts -- The elements of radical evils -- Theories of the radical evil of genocide -- Genocide in historical perspective -- Genocide in Africa -- International criminal justice in perspective -- Juridical basis and applicable law in international criminal trials -- Contemporary international legal institutions authorized to prosecute radical evils -- PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA. Africa's ownership of its international criminal trials -- Africa and the international criminal legal order -- Africa's objection to the ICC as the "white man's witch hunt" -- Facing the dread of the ICC -- In search of a viable ICC accountability initiative for Africa
Summary This book provides an overview of crimes under international law, radical evils, in a number of African states. This overview informs a critical analysis of the debates surrounding the African Union's call for withdrawal from the International Criminal Court and proposes a way forward with a more pertinent role for the Court. The work critically analyzes the arguments around withdrawal from the ICC and the extension of the jurisdiction of the African Court into criminal matters. It is held that this was not intended in the spirit of complementarity as envisaged by the Rome Statute, and is subject to political calculation and manipulation by national governments. Recasting the ICC as a court of second instance would provide a stronger institutional and jurisdictional regime. The book will be a valuable resource for students, academics, and policymakers working in the areas of international humanitarian law, international criminal law, African studies, and genocide studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index
Notes Professor Fred Aja Agwu is the acting director of Research and Studies of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, Nigeria
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Subject International Criminal Court.
SUBJECT International Criminal Court fast
Subject International criminal law -- Africa
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Africa
International crimes -- Africa
LAW -- General.
LAW -- Civil Rights.
LAW -- Courts.
Criminal justice, Administration of
International criminal law
Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429342738
042934273X
9781000733594
1000733599
9781000733938
1000733939
9781000733761
1000733769