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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462898203321

Autore

Nouwen Sarah M. H.

Titolo

Complementarity in the line of fire : the catalysing effect of the international criminal court in Uganda and Sudan / / Sarah M.H. Nouwen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-43917-5

1-107-42393-7

1-107-42181-0

1-107-41914-X

1-107-41643-4

1-107-42039-3

0-511-86326-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 505 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in law and society

Disciplina

341/.04

Soggetti

Complementarity (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Complementarity from the line of fire -- The Rome Statute : complementarity in its legal context -- Uganda : compromising complementarity -- Sudan : complementarity in a state of denial -- Paradoxes unravelled : explanations for complementarity's weak catalysing effect on domestic proceedings -- Complementarity in the line of fire.

Sommario/riassunto

Of the many expectations attending the creation of the first permanent International Criminal Court, the greatest has been that the principle of complementarity would catalyse national investigations and prosecutions of conflict-related crimes and lead to the reform of domestic justice systems. Sarah Nouwen explores whether complementarity has had such an effect in two states subject to ICC intervention: Uganda and Sudan. Drawing on extensive empirical research and combining law, legal anthropology and political economy, she unveils several effects and outlines the catalysts for them. However, she also reveals that one widely anticipated effect - an increase in



domestic proceedings for conflict-related crimes - has barely occurred. This finding leads to the unravelling of paradoxes that go right to the heart of the functioning of an idealistic Court in a world of real constraints.