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Africa’s Role and Contribution to International Criminal Justice

Africa’s Role and Contribution to International Criminal Justice

Author: Jeremy Sarkin; Ellah T.M. Siang'andu
Publisher: Intersentia Publishers
ISBN: 9781780689074
Published In: September 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
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This book explores a range of issues related to the development, application and enforcement of international criminal justice within Africa and on Africa. Written by experts from Africa, and adopting African perspectives, this book seeks to understand the scope and reach of these issues, nationally, regionally and globally.

Africa’s Role and Contribution to International Criminal Justice engages in theoretical and policy discourses on the substantive and procedural features of criminal law and justice in the African context. A range of topical issues are examined by the contributors, such as the ways in which African states have dealt with issues of universal jurisdiction and how victims are treated, as well as controversial questions concerning how courts function and should function in dealing with these issues. The ideas, themes, institutions, practices, concepts and patterns of convergence of criminal justice systems in Africa are also explored.

This book aims to establish a greater understanding of international criminal justice and its relation to Africa, and beyond. Further, it seeks to expand the conversation beyond the narrow topics that are so commonly discussed when matters of African criminal justice are considered.

Introduction: Understanding the Meaning, Context, Role and Importance of African Criminal Justice on the Continent and Beyond

Types of International Criminal Courts in Africa

The Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegalese Courts and the Development of International Criminal Law in Africa

The Use of International Criminal Law in African Countries

The Nuremberg Principles in the Context of Africa: The Theory and Practice of Individual and Corporate Criminal Responsibility

The Application of Universal Jurisdiction in Africa

African Victims of Mass Atrocities Before Domestic Jurisdictions and the International Criminal Courts: Bargaining for Justice

The Role of the International Criminal Court in Africa: The Epic Fails?

Is the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights with Criminal Jurisdiction an African Solution to an African Problem?

Head of State Immunity in the African Context