Catherine MAIA
Africa and the Future of International Criminal Justice examines critical issues concerning Africa as a place in which international criminal accountability mechanisms have played, and still continue to play a prominent role in the efforts to deal with and to tackle impunity for atrocity crimes. It interrogates important questions relating to Africa’s importance to international criminal justice as exemplified by the activities of international criminal accountability mechanisms. Some examples are the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The contributions in the volume discuss the contentions about whether Africa is particularly targeted for international justice accountability experiments as well as the politics of international criminal justice. International politics continue to shape Africa’s relationship with international justice mechanisms and initiatives as demonstrated by the recent concerns of the African Union about the activities of the ICC in Africa. This publication clarifies that the ICC, as a permanent global international criminal accountability mechanism needs Africa and that Africa needs the ICC for full and effective realization of the normative prescriptions of the Rome Statute in Africa. In this regard the publication places the complementarity principle of the Rome Statute at the centre to enable Africa to take credible ownership of justice for atrocity crimes on the continent.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: Africa and International Criminal Justice: Issues and Contentions
Vincent O. Nmehielle
Part I. From Rwanda to Sierra Leone: The Impact of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Impunity in Africa
2. The Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Seirra Leone on Impunity in Rwanda and Sierra Leone
Sigall Horovit
3. From Protracted Conflict to Sustained Peace in Sierra Leone: The Contribution of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Mba Chidi Nmaju
Part II. Africa and the International Criminal Court: Any Genuine Objections or Just a Disregard for Treaty Obligations
4. African Grievances and the International Criminal Court: Issues of African Equity Under International Criminal Law
Henry J. Richardson
5. Historical Narrative of Mass Atrocities and Injustice In Africa: Implications for the Implementation of International Criminal Justice
James Nyawo
6. The ICC: A Place for Africans or Africans in their Place?
David Chuter
7. Is the International Criminal Court Targeting Africa? Reflections on the Enforcement of International Criminal Law in Africa
Ntombizozuko Dyani
Part III. Africa and the Complementarity Principle of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Implications for Domestic Rule of Law and Justice
8. Taking Credible Ownership of Justice for Atrocity Crimes in Africa: The African Union and the Complementarity Principle of the Rome Statute
Vincent O. Nmehielle
9. The Complementarity Principle Put to the Test: Uganda’s Experience
Caroline Nalule and Rachel Odoi-Musoke
Part IV. The Limits of the International Criminal Court in Achieving Peace and Justice in Africa
10. Peace, Justice and the International Criminal Court: Limitations and Possibilities Janine Natalya Clark
11. Multinational Corporate Complicity – A Challenge for International Criminal Justice in Africa
Eric Colvin and Jessie Chella
Part V. Impunity and Justice: Any African International Criminal Justice Alternatives?
12. At The Crossroads: Deconstructing the Challenges of International Justice and the Fight Against Impunity in Africa
Godwin Odo
13. The African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur: A Precedent for Regional Solutions to the Challenges Facing International Criminal Justice?
Lutz Oette
14. The Case for an African Criminal Court to Prosecute International Crimes Committed in Africa
Pacifique Manirakiza
15. Conclusion: Ensuring a Balanced Future for International Criminal Justice in Africa
Vincent O. Nmehielle
Vincent O. NMEHIELLE, Africa and the Future of International Criminal Justice, Den Haag, Eleven International Publishing, 2012 (488 pp.)
Professor Vincent O. Nmehielle has over 21 years of professional and academic experience. He is currently the Head of the Wits Programme in Law, Justice and Development in Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Law, Johannesburg, South Africa where he has taught since February 2002. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Nmehielle held the Bram Fischer Chair in Human Rights Law at Wits Law School from 2002-2004. He was a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the Oxford University and George Washington University Human Rights Program in 2003 and 2004. From 2005-2008 Nmehielle served as the Principal Defender of the United Nations-Backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He returned to Wits in June 2008. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; a Master of Laws degree in International Law from the University of Notre Dame, in the USA; and a Doctor of Juridical Science Degree in International & Comparative Law from the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Nmehielle’s professional, academic and research interest is in the theme area of Law, Governance, Justice and Development in Africa.
Africa and the Future of International Criminal Justice examines critical issues concerning Africa as a place in which international criminal accountability mechanisms have played, and still continue to play a prominent role in the efforts to deal with and to tackle impunity for atrocity crimes. It interrogates important questions relating to Africa’s importance to international criminal justice as exemplified by the activities of international criminal accountability mechanisms. Some examples are the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The contributions in the volume discuss the contentions about whether Africa is particularly targeted for international justice accountability experiments as well as the politics of international criminal justice. International politics continue to shape Africa’s relationship with international justice mechanisms and initiatives as demonstrated by the recent concerns of the African Union about the activities of the ICC in Africa. This publication clarifies that the ICC, as a permanent global international criminal accountability mechanism needs Africa and that Africa needs the ICC for full and effective realization of the normative prescriptions of the Rome Statute in Africa. In this regard the publication places the complementarity principle of the Rome Statute at the centre to enable Africa to take credible ownership of justice for atrocity crimes on the continent.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: Africa and International Criminal Justice: Issues and Contentions
Vincent O. Nmehielle
Part I. From Rwanda to Sierra Leone: The Impact of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone on Impunity in Africa
2. The Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Seirra Leone on Impunity in Rwanda and Sierra Leone
Sigall Horovit
3. From Protracted Conflict to Sustained Peace in Sierra Leone: The Contribution of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Mba Chidi Nmaju
Part II. Africa and the International Criminal Court: Any Genuine Objections or Just a Disregard for Treaty Obligations
4. African Grievances and the International Criminal Court: Issues of African Equity Under International Criminal Law
Henry J. Richardson
5. Historical Narrative of Mass Atrocities and Injustice In Africa: Implications for the Implementation of International Criminal Justice
James Nyawo
6. The ICC: A Place for Africans or Africans in their Place?
David Chuter
7. Is the International Criminal Court Targeting Africa? Reflections on the Enforcement of International Criminal Law in Africa
Ntombizozuko Dyani
Part III. Africa and the Complementarity Principle of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Implications for Domestic Rule of Law and Justice
8. Taking Credible Ownership of Justice for Atrocity Crimes in Africa: The African Union and the Complementarity Principle of the Rome Statute
Vincent O. Nmehielle
9. The Complementarity Principle Put to the Test: Uganda’s Experience
Caroline Nalule and Rachel Odoi-Musoke
Part IV. The Limits of the International Criminal Court in Achieving Peace and Justice in Africa
10. Peace, Justice and the International Criminal Court: Limitations and Possibilities Janine Natalya Clark
11. Multinational Corporate Complicity – A Challenge for International Criminal Justice in Africa
Eric Colvin and Jessie Chella
Part V. Impunity and Justice: Any African International Criminal Justice Alternatives?
12. At The Crossroads: Deconstructing the Challenges of International Justice and the Fight Against Impunity in Africa
Godwin Odo
13. The African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur: A Precedent for Regional Solutions to the Challenges Facing International Criminal Justice?
Lutz Oette
14. The Case for an African Criminal Court to Prosecute International Crimes Committed in Africa
Pacifique Manirakiza
15. Conclusion: Ensuring a Balanced Future for International Criminal Justice in Africa
Vincent O. Nmehielle
Vincent O. NMEHIELLE, Africa and the Future of International Criminal Justice, Den Haag, Eleven International Publishing, 2012 (488 pp.)
Professor Vincent O. Nmehielle has over 21 years of professional and academic experience. He is currently the Head of the Wits Programme in Law, Justice and Development in Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Law, Johannesburg, South Africa where he has taught since February 2002. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Nmehielle held the Bram Fischer Chair in Human Rights Law at Wits Law School from 2002-2004. He was a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the Oxford University and George Washington University Human Rights Program in 2003 and 2004. From 2005-2008 Nmehielle served as the Principal Defender of the United Nations-Backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He returned to Wits in June 2008. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; a Master of Laws degree in International Law from the University of Notre Dame, in the USA; and a Doctor of Juridical Science Degree in International & Comparative Law from the George Washington University in Washington, DC. Nmehielle’s professional, academic and research interest is in the theme area of Law, Governance, Justice and Development in Africa.
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