The Justice Laboratory: International Law in Africa Carlson Kerstin Bree
Examining how international criminal law has--and hasn't--brought justice following war crimes in AfricaEver since World War II, the United Nations and other international actors have created laws,…
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Examining how international criminal law has--and hasn't--brought justice following war crimes in AfricaEver since World War II, the United Nations and other international actors have created laws, treaties, and institutions to punish perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. These efforts have established universally recognized norms and have resulted in several high-profile convictions in egregious cases. But international criminal justice now seems to be a declining force--its energy sapped by long delays in prosecutions, lagging public attention, and a globally rising authoritarianism that disregards legal niceties.This book reviews five examples of international criminal justice as they have been applied across Africa, where brutal civil conflicts in recent decades resulted in varying degrees of global attention and action. The first
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