Research Catalog

Title

Africa and international criminal justice : radical evils and the International Criminal Court / Fred Aja Agwu.

Author

Agwu, Fred

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Description

xv, 221 pages; 25 cm

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.

Series Statement

Routledge research in the law of armed conflict

Uniform Title

Routledge research in the law of armed conflict.

Subject

• International Criminal Court
• International criminal law > Africa
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Africa
• Criminal justice, Administration of
• Criminal law
• Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.

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.

Call Number

Sc E 21-53

ISBN

• 9780367359379
• 0367359375

LCCN

2020430646

OCLC

1129701523

Author

Agwu, Fred, author.

Title

Africa and international criminal justice : radical evils and the International Criminal Court / Fred Aja Agwu.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge research in the law of armed conflict

Routledge research in the law of armed conflict.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-53