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Africa and the International Criminal Court

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Gerhard Werle

    1. Humboldt-Universität Juristische Fakultät, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Lovell Fernandez

    1. Faculty of Law Department for Criminal Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

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  3. Moritz Vormbaum

    1. Humboldt-Universität Juristische Fakultät, Berlin, Germany

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  • Analyzes the contentious relationship between African states/the African Union and the International Criminal Court
  • Addresses fundamental issues in the field of international criminal law, e.g. implementation of the Rome Statute, deferrals of cases before the International Criminal Court, prosecution of crimes by third states on the basis of universal jurisdiction
  • Contains all relevant material relating to the embattled relationship between the African Union, the International Criminal Court, and the UN Security Council
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Criminal Justice Series (ICJS, volume 1)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Africa and the International Criminal Court

    • Gerhard Werle, Lovell Fernandez, Moritz Vormbaum
    Pages 1-10

  4. African Prosecutions of International Crimes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. The Implementation of the Rome Statute in Africa

      • Gerhard Kemp
      Pages 61-77

    3. Domestic Prosecution of International Crimes: The Case of Rwanda

      • Sam Rugege, Aimé M. Karimunda
      Pages 79-116

    4. The Extraordinary African Chambers: The Case of Hissène Habré

      • Mbacké Fall
      Pages 117-131

    5. The Nigerian ‘Jos Crisis’ from the Perspective of International Criminal Law

      • Temitayo Lucia Akinmuwagun, Moritz Vormbaum
      Pages 133-153

    6. ‘On Behalf of Africa’: Towards the Regionalization of Universal Jurisdiction?

      • Florian Jeßberger
      Pages 155-175

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 229-303
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About this book

The book deals with the controversial relationship between African states, represented by the African Union, and the International Criminal Court. This relationship started promisingly but has been in crisis in recent years. The overarching aim of the book is to analyze and discuss the achievements and shortcomings of interventions in Africa by the International Criminal Court as well as to develop proposals for cooperation between international courts, domestic courts outside Africa and courts within Africa. For this purpose, the book compiles contributions by practitioners of the International Criminal Court and by role players of the judiciary of African countries as well as by academic experts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Humboldt-Universität Juristische Fakultät, Berlin, Germany

    Gerhard Werle, Moritz Vormbaum

  • Faculty of Law Department for Criminal Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

    Lovell Fernandez

About the editors

Gerhard Werle is a Professor of Law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Director of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice and an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape. Lovell Fernandez is a Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape and Director of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice. Moritz Vormbaum is a Senior Researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as well as Coordinator and Lecturer at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.

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