Africa and the ICC: Perceptions of Justice

Cambridge University Press, 10/27/2016
EAN 9781107147652, ISBN10: 1107147654

Hardcover, 470 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Africa and the ICC: Perceptions of Justice comprises contributions from prominent scholars of different disciplines including international law, political science, cultural anthropology, African history and media studies. This unique collection provides the reader with detailed insights into the interaction between the African Union and the International Criminal Court (ICC), but also looks further at the impact of the ICC at a societal level in African states and examines other justice mechanisms on a local and regional level in these countries. This investigation of the ICC's complicated relationship with Africa allows the reader to see that perceptions of justice are multilayered.

1. Africa and the ICC
an introduction Kamari M. Clarke, Abel S. Knottnerus and Eefye de Volder
Part I. The Origins of a Fractious Relationship
2. The ICC in Africa
the fight against impunity Shamiso Mbizvo
3. Africans and the ICC
hypocrisy, impunity, and perversion Makau W. Mutua
4. The ICC's Africa problem
a spotlight on the politics and limits on international criminal justice Solomon Ayele Dersso
5. The ICC, affective transference and the rhetorical politics of sentimentality Kamari M. Clarke
Part II. African States and the ICC
6. The ICC and Africa
rhetoric, hypocrisy management and legitimacy Lee J. M. Seymour
7. France, Africa and the ICC
the neocolonist critique and the crisis of institutional legitimacy Paul D. Schmitt
8. The AU, the ICC and the prosecution of African presidents Abel S. Knottnerus
Part III. Beyond African States
The ICC's Impact in African Communities
9. Discursive reconstruction of the ICC-Kenya engagement through Kenyan newspapers' editorial cartoons Sammy Gakero Gachigua
10. A 'criminal investigation', not a 'political analysis'? Justice contradictions and the electoral consequences of Kenya's ICC cases Thomas P. Wolf
11. The ICC in the Democratic Republic of Congo
a decade of partnership and antagonism Patryk I. Labuda
12. Witness testimony, support, and protection at the ICC Stephen Smith Cody, Alexa Koenig and Eric Stover
Part IV. Beyond the ICC
Local and Regional Justice Mechanisms in Africa
13. Dafur tribal courts, reconciliation conferences and 'Judea'
local justice mechanisms and the construction of citizenship in Sudan Karin Willemse
14. Interpretations of justice
the ICTR and Gacaca in Rwanda Kristin C. Doughty
15. International criminal justice and the early formation of an African criminal court Abel S. Knottnerus and Eefje de Volder
16. Beyond the ICC
state responsibility for the arms trade in Africa Sara Kendall and Clare da Silva
17. Epilogue
perceptions of justice Kamari M. Clarke, Abel S. Knottnerus and Eefje de Volder.