What is it about?
What will happen if African countries quit the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Does Africa have an alternative judicial system (courts and laws) that would ensure that human rights violators and perpetuators of war crimes and crimes against humanity are held accountable in its own soil? This article examines efforts by African nations to establish regional and continental judicial institutions.
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Why is it important?
Coming at a period when faith in the ICC is ebbing away among many Africans for its perceived bias against African leaders and undermining of the sovereignty of African states, it important for political leaders, researchers, academicians and policy-makers to consider what alternatives Africa has if it were to stage a mass exodus from the ICC.
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The goal of this publication is to elicit interest and further research and knowledge sharing on African laws and judicial institutions put in place to safeguard human rights and bring offenders to book.
Nguh Fon
Dogu Akdeniz Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: An ‘African Justice’: Legal Integration and the Emergence of an African Judicial System, Journal of Asian and African Studies, February 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0021909619830712.
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