Fred Agwu

Africa and International Criminal Justice

Radical Evils and the International Criminal Court

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of crimes under international law in a number of African states. This overview informs a critical analysis of the debates surrounding the African Union's call for withdrawal from the International Criminal Court and proposes a way forward with a more pertinent role for the Court.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781032086309
• ISBN-10: 1032086300
• Artikelnr.: 62150181

Autorenporträt

Professor Fred Aja Agwu is the acting director of Research and Studies of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, Nigeria.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The historical context;
1. A Précis on radical evils, the ICC and African Armed Conflicts;
2. The Elements of radical evils;
3. Theories of the radical evil of genocide;
4. Genocide in Historical Perspective;
5. Genocide in Africa;
6. International Criminal Justice in Perspective;
7. Juridical Basis and Applicable law in International Criminal Trials;
8. Contemporary International Legal Institutions Authorized to Prosecute
Radical Evils;
Part Two: International Criminal Justice in Africa;
9. Africa's ownership of its International Criminal Trials;
10. Africa and the International Criminal Legal Order;
11. Africa's objection to the "white man's witch hunt";
12. Facing the dread of the ICC;
13. In Search of a viable ICC accountability initiative for Africa;