African guide to international criminal justice
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9781920114534
Category
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa
Pages
205p
Subject
International Criminal Court. Criminal procedure (International law) International crimes, Crimes against humanity, International criminal courts.
Abstract
Africa has been at the forefront of developments in international criminal justice. Several initiatives have targeted those responsible for serious human rights violations: the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone as well as the cases involving Hissène Habré, Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam and Charles Taylor. At the political level, support for ending impunity for those responsible for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity is also evident: the African Union's Constitutive Act commits member countries to stamping out impunity, and more than half of African states have ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Description
xi, 205 p. ; 22 cm.
Number of Copies
1
