The African Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Malabo Protocol

This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the provisions of the ‘Malabo Protocol’―the amendment protocol to the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights―adopted by the African Union at its 2014 Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

The Annex to the protocol, once it has received the required number of ratifications, will create a new Section in the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights with jurisdiction over international and transnational crimes, hence an ‘African Criminal Court’. In this book, leading experts in the field of international criminal law analyze the main provisions of the Annex to the Malabo Protocol.

The book provides an essential and topical source of information for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of international criminal law, and for all readers with an interest in political science and African studies.