African Arguments
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What the ICC Review Conference Can’t Fix
At a meeting with Africanist scholars in London in 2007, Luis Moreno-Ocampo faced tough questioning over why the ICC had decided to pursue only ... -
A Note on State Policy and Crimes Against Humanity
On 18 February 2010, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber II issued a Decision Requesting Clarification and Additional Information in the Situation in ... -
Will The ICC Give Ocampo the Benefit of the Doubt in Kenya? – Inside the Minds of the Judges
On 26 November 2009, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, requested permission from Pre-Trial Chamber II to conduct formal investigations in Kenya, ... -
The Limits of Prosecutions
There exists in Africa a general agreement about the need for accountability, but a divergence exists as to how this could be pursued. Some ... -
Understanding Africa’s Position on the International Criminal Court
Introduction Much of the debate around the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) relationship with Africa has tended to focus on the case of Sudan’s Darfur ... -
The Contribution African States Can Make to the ICC Review Conference
In the short life of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Review Conference of the Rome Statute scheduled to take place in Kampala from ... -
Darfur: The War for Jebel Marra
Hundreds of civilians are feared killed in Jebel Marra, and tens of thousands thought to be displaced without relief within the mountain, as government ... -
The Standoff between ICC and African Leaders Debate Revisited
On 3 July 2009, at the 13th African Union (AU) summit of Heads of State in Sirte, Libya, African leaders resolved to “denounce the International ... -
Transitional Justice: Sowing the Seeds of its Grassroots
Introduction Zimbabwe’s acute need for justice and reconciliation highlights a longstanding tension in transitional justice practice. The need for transitional justice processes in Zimbabwe ... -
Darfur: Context for Those Who Would Demonize
A Response to Sean Brooks’s review of Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror, in SAIS Review vol. XXIX no. 2 ...