عنوان

"Rounding Up the Usual Suspects":

شماره

LA108105

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

"Rounding Up the Usual Suspects":

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Exclusion, Selectivity, and Impunity in the Enforcement of International Criminal Justice and the African Union's Emerging Resistance

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ifeonu Eberechi

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

Despite the overwhelming ratification of the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by African states, recent attempts to prosecute the perpetrators of egregious crimes in the region have come under a sustained opposition from its regional body, the African Union (AU). In fact, the blunt accusation is that international criminal justice has become an instrument of colonization. Within the context of the AU's claim, this article engages the question of selective enforcement of international criminal accountability, ironically beginning with the Nuremberg trial. Without necessarily justifying the senseless perpetration of heinous crimes in Africa, this article argues that an international justice regime complex that is perceived to be skewed in favour of the West engenders a crisis of legitimacy and ultimately robs it of the much needed cooperation from the region. Despite the overwhelming ratification of the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by African states, recent attempts to prosecute the perpetrators of egregious crimes in the region have come under a sustained opposition from its regional body, the African Union (AU). In fact, the blunt accusation is that international criminal justice has become an instrument of colonization. Within the context of the AU's claim, this article engages the question of selective enforcement of international criminal accountability, ironically beginning with the Nuremberg trial. Without necessarily justifying the senseless perpetration of heinous crimes in Africa, this article argues that an international justice regime complex that is perceived to be skewed in favour of the West engenders a crisis of legitimacy and ultimately robs it of the much needed cooperation from the region.

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

51-84

عنوان

African Journal of Legal Studies

شماره جلد

4/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1708-7384

اصطلاح موضوعی

African region

اصطلاح موضوعی

international criminal justice

اصطلاح موضوعی

selectivity

اصطلاح موضوعی

universal jurisdiction

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ifeonu Eberechi

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/170873811X567970

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y