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Distant justice : the impact of the International Criminal Court on African politics

Title
Distant justice : the impact of the International Criminal Court on African politics / Phil Clark.
Author
Clark, Philip, 1979-
Publication
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
  • ©2018

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xiii, 379 pages : map; 24 cm
Summary
There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve armed conflict. Here, based on 650 interviews over 11 years, Phil Clark critically assesses the politics of the ICC in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing particularly on the Court's multi-level impact on national politics and the lives of everyday citizens. He explores the ICC's effects on peace negotiations, national elections, domestic judicial reform, amnesty processes, combatant demobilisation and community-level accountability and reconciliation. In attempting to distance itself from African conflict zones geographically, philosophically and procedurally, Clark also reveals that the ICC has become more politicised and damaging to African polities, requiring a substantial rethink of the approaches and ideas that underpin the ICC's practice of distant justice.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The warlord in the forecourt -- Court between two poles : conceptualising 'complementarity' and 'distance' -- Who pulls the strings? The ICC's relations with states -- In whose name? The ICC's relations with affected communities -- When courts collide : the ICC and domestic prosecutions -- Peace versus justice redux : the ICC, amnesties and peace negotiations -- The ICC and community-based responses to atrocity -- Continental patterns : assessing the ICC's impact in the remaining African situations -- Conclusion: Narrowing the distance.
Call Number
Sc E 19-1057
ISBN
  • 9781108474092
  • 1108474098
  • 9781108463379
  • 1108463371
LCCN
2018024262
OCLC
1035289242
Author
Clark, Philip, 1979- author.
Title
Distant justice : the impact of the International Criminal Court on African politics / Phil Clark.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 19-1057
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