Towards an African International Criminal Court? – assessing the extension of the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to cover international crimes

dc.contributor.advisorWerle, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorKinyunyu, Selemani
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-20T14:05:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-02T09:02:21Z
dc.date.available2017-03-20T14:05:50Z
dc.date.available2024-04-02T09:02:21Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionMagister Legum - LLMen_US
dc.description.abstractAfrica seemingly cursed with instability, conflict and gross human rights violations has been the largest scene of operation of international criminal justice. This understanding led African States to be some of the key proponents in the push for an International Criminal Court. Of late however, mounting policy and operational fluxes between African States and international criminal justice has put Africa's relationship with international justice on ice. This in turn has awoken within the region's geopolitical body, the African Union, the need for an exclusively African response to international criminal justice as it is currently considering extending the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to cover international crimes. This Research Paper aims to chart the genesis of this move through the decision-making system of the African Union and within the broader context of the Union's emerging Human Rights, Peace and Security Architecture. It will simultaneously assess the viability of this proposal within the backdrop of recent global developments with a view to identifying key legal and policy ramifications. It aims to show that there may be room for the adoption of an empowered African Court as a regional complement to the international criminal justice system.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/10285
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape.en_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Cape.en_US
dc.subjectAfrican Unionen_US
dc.subjectNew International Crimesen_US
dc.subjectInternational Criminal Courten_US
dc.subjectInternational human rights lawen_US
dc.titleTowards an African International Criminal Court? – assessing the extension of the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to cover international crimesen_US

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