Bibliography

Dominique Mystris

Jump to Content

Bibliography

In: An African Criminal Court

Author:

Dominique Mystris

Dominique Mystris
Search for other papers by Dominique Mystris in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

In 2014 the African Union (au) and African states set in motion the establishment of African justice mechanisms for addressing international crimes including a new section of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights, the International Criminal Law Section (icls). This book queries what contribution and role such a court might play in the international criminal justice system, and whether or not there is a need for this new regional criminal court.

It is clear that the existing system has a number of shortcomings particularly in the areas of: universal jurisdiction; accountability; complementarity; ownership; and immunity. There is also a wider question as to whether the original purposes of international criminal law (icl) are being effectively fulfilled. In this book it is determined that the new regional court does not need to be a competitor court to the International Criminal Court (icc) but can offer complementary jurisdiction to strengthen international criminal justice and develop icl in the same manner that the ad hoc courts and icc have done. It is also shown that the new court is a legitimate response, albeit with some weaknesses, to the inequalities of the international system and has the potential to create a forum through which African states can increase their ownership. The new court will have the ability to address many of the underlying crimes leading to conflicts thereby linking the judicial organ to the au’s peace and security agenda. By placing the icls into the African Peace and Security Architecture, a more holistic understanding of the new court is achieved. This helps to erode the misconception that the initiative is pursued purely as an anti-icc mechanism.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789004444959/back-1.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

An African Criminal Court

The African Union’s Rethinking of International Criminal Justice

Series: Queen Mary Studies in International Law, Volume: 42

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004444959

Publisher:: Brill | Nijhoff

Print Publication Date:: 26 Nov 2020

Subjects
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  - Human Rights
  - International Criminal Law
- International Law
  - International Law: Regional Perspectives

Front Matter

Back Matter

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	77	21	2
Full Text Views	60	2	0
PDF Views & Downloads	0	0	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

Bibliography

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

An African Criminal Court

The African Union’s Rethinking of International Criminal Justice

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics