Distant justice: the impact of the International Criminal Court on African politics

There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve armed conflict. Here, based on 650 interviews over...

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Main Author: Clark, Philip 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
International Criminal Court > Influence
International Criminal Court > Political aspects > Africa, Eastern
Internationaler Strafgerichtshof
Complementarity (International law)
Criminal justice, Administration of > Africa, Eastern
International crimes > Law and legislation > Africa, Eastern
Mitgliedsstaaten
Internationale Organisation
Strafverfolgung
Strafverfahren
Politisierung
Wirkung
Auswirkung
Einflussgröße
Politik
Innenpolitik
Einflussnahme
Subsaharisches Afrika
Subsaharisches Afrika > Internationaler Gerichtshof > Einflussnahme > Strafjustiz > Politik
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Summary:There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of undermining national sovereignty and domestic attempts to resolve armed conflict. Here, based on 650 interviews over 11 years, Phil Clark critically assesses the politics of the ICC in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing particularly on the Court's multi-level impact on national politics and the lives of everyday citizens. He explores the ICC's effects on peace negotiations, national elections, domestic judicial reform, amnesty processes, combatant demobilisation and community-level accountability and reconciliation. In attempting to distance itself from African conflict zones geographically, philosophically and procedurally, Clark also reveals that the ICC has become more politicised and damaging to African polities, requiring a substantial rethink of the approaches and ideas that underpin the ICC's practice of distant justice. (Publisher's description)
Item Description:Bibliographie: Seite 319-363
Physical Description:xiii, 379 Seiten 1 Karte
ISBN:9781108474092
9781108463379
DOI:10.1017/9781108576260