Africa: Why International Justice Must Go Local - the ICC in Africa

[Africa Research Institute] Criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the grounds of anti-African bias or neo-colonialism is simplistic. It overstates the power of the ICC and underestimates the ability of African states to manipulate the Court for their own ends. There are other, more compelling reasons to question the Court's record in Africa. The ICC aspires to complement domestic judiciaries and other local institutions. Instead, in its early years it actively chased cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ugan

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