African Arguments
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Kenya’s Economic Crimes: Can a conditional Amnesty be meaningful?
When a Kenyan Cabinet minister suggested in early 2007 that perpetrators of corruption be pardoned if they confessed their guilt and returned the spoils, ... -
Misconceptions II – Domestic Prosecutions and the International Criminal Court
This is the second of three essays on misconceptions in debates over transitional justice in Kenya. The first essay considered complementarity and the Truth, ... -
After Genocide: Prevention, Intention, and Capacity
I read After Genocide while en route to Kenya. And especially, while en route back. I tried to square what I was reading with ... -
Why the Human Rights Movement Struggles with Good News Stories
Just before the summer break, I attended a gathering in a Dutch pub in the Hague, the so-called Café Humanitaire organized by the Dutch ... -
Violent Deaths in Darfur: August
Based on all the incidents reported by UNAMID, UN agencies, NGOs and the authorities that interact with all of the above, the level and ... -
Fast for Darfur?
As an American citizen, it is breathtakingly embarrassing to read of such ill-conceived ideas, and the widespread support that they enjoy in the United ... -
“Save Darfur”: Fast the Eid!
America’s Darfur campaign sometimes goes beyond parody. The last few weeks have shown this to the full, beginning with the fantastical “Sudan Now” campaign ... -
Context be damned: reactions against Saviors and Survivors from the R2P camp
As an eighth-grader learning about American slavery, I had a fantasy. I imagined that some elite Marines and I could outfit ourselves in the ... -
Adam Smith Responds to Daniel Agundo
Daniel Agundo’s commentary about After Genocide is thought provoking. He is correct in emphasizing that processes towards international development, especially those developments that seek ... -
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
In his provocative book, After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice, Adam Smith makes a slightly barbed remark to the effect that international justice ...