Examining governance in Africa and the role of international legal frameworks in promoting international criminal justice in Africa
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2015-10Author
Wanyonyi, Pauline
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This research examines the role of international legal frameworks in promoting international
criminal justice in Africa with a special focus on the ICC. In Africa the international criminal
justice is entangled with politics hence lacks cooperation from member states. The
International Criminal Court has been widely criticized by African leaders in the way it
dispenses selective justice. This study examines the experiences regarding the enforcement of
International Criminal Justice in Africa by the International Criminal Court. The major
argument is that for the international justice in Africa to succeed the African Union should
play a key role. The findings for this project are expected to offer recommendations on how
AU can cooperate with ICC in order to execute its outlined mandate which is to secure peace
and justice in Africa. The study also addresses the theoretical aspects of regional politics
guided by institutionalism theory. It concludes that African state parties to the Rome Statute
have a duty to domesticate the statute. The states must adopt the national mechanism to
cooperate with the courts prosecution.
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University of Nairobi