LEADER 05037nam 22006615 450 001 9910155301103321 005 20250610110506.0 010 $a9783319467801 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-46780-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000964803 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-46780-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4749211 035 $a(PPN)222236973 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29220356 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000964803 100 $a20161128d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Complementarity Regime of the International Criminal Court $eNational Implementation in Africa /$fby Ovo Catherine Imoedemhe 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XVII, 229 p.) 311 08$a3-319-46779-4 311 08$a3-319-46780-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aThe International Criminal Court as the new paradigm to close impunity gaps -- The complimentarity regime of the Rome Statute: An analysis of its components -- National implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Obligations and challenges for states parties -- Domestic prosecutions in Africa under the complementarity regime of the Rome Statute: A practical approach -- Unpacking the tension between the African Union and the ICC: The way forward -- Institutional preparedness for the complementarity regime: Nigeria as a case study -- Mutual inclusivity: A sine qua non to national implementation of complementarity. 330 $aThis book analyses how the complementarity regime of the ICC?s Rome Statute can be implemented in member states, specifically focusing on African states and Nigeria. Complementarity is the principle that outlines the primacy of national courts to prosecute a defendant unless a state is ?unwilling? or ?genuinely unable to act?, assuming the crime is of a ?sufficient gravity? for the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is stipulated in the Rome Statute without a clear and comprehensive framework for how states can implement it. The book proposes such a framework and argues that a mutually inclusive interpretation and application of complementarity would increase domestic prosecutions and reduce self-referrals to the ICC. African states need to have an appropriate legal framework in place, implementing legislation and institutional capacity as well as credible judiciaries to investigate and prosecute international crimes. The mutually inclusive interpretation of the principle of complementarity would entail the ICC providing assistance to states in instituting this framework while being available to fill the gaps until such time as these states meet a defined threshold of institutional preparedness sufficient to acquire domestic prosecution. The minimum complementarity threshold includes proscribing the Rome Statute crimes in domestic criminal law and ensuring the institutional preparedness to conduct complementarity-based prosecution of international crimes. Furthermore, it assists the ICC in ensuring consistency in its interpretation of complementarity. 606 $aInternational criminal law 606 $aInternational law 606 $aAfrica?Politics and government 606 $aCriminology 606 $aConflict of laws 606 $aConflict of laws 606 $aInternational Criminal Law $3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19040 606 $aSources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19010 606 $aAfrican Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911090 606 $aCriminology and Criminal Justice, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1B0000 606 $aPrivate International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law $3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R14002 615 0$aInternational criminal law. 615 0$aInternational law. 615 0$aAfrica?Politics and government. 615 0$aCriminology. 615 0$aConflict of laws. 615 0$aConflict of laws. 615 14$aInternational Criminal Law . 615 24$aSources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aCriminology and Criminal Justice, general. 615 24$aPrivate International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . 676 $a345 700 $aImoedemhe$b Ovo Catherine$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0867162 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155301103321 996 $aThe Complementarity Regime of the International Criminal Court$91935468 997 $aUNINA