Atrocity Crimes, Atrocity Laws and Justice in Africa

• Autore: Akinrinade Babafemi
• Pubblicazione: The Hague : , : Boom Uitgevers Den Haag, , 2020; ©2020
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (504 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Atrocities Crimes and Atrocity Laws -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Atrocity Crimes and Atrocity Laws -- 1.3 Genocide -- 1.4 Crimes against Humanity -- 1.5 War Crimes -- 2 Prosecutions: National Trials -- 2.1 Dealing with Atrocities -- 2.2 Criminal Prosecutions -- 2.3 A Duty to Prosecute? -- 2.4 National Trials -- 2.4.1 National Trials: Nigeria -- 2.4.2 National Trials: Equatorial Guinea -- 2.4.3 National Trials: Mali -- 2.4.4 National Trials: Ethiopia -- 2.4.5 National Trials: Rwanda -- 2.4.5.1 Rwanda's Gacaca Courts and Trials -- 3 Prosecutions: International and Hybrid Trials -- 3.1 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) -- 3.1.1 Jurisdiction: Territorial and Temporal -- 3.1.2 Jurisdiction: Subject-Matter and Other Jurisdictional Issues -- 3.1.3 Working of the Tribunal -- 3.1.4 Contributions of the ICTR -- 3.1.5 Relationship with the Rwandan Criminal Justice Process -- 3.2 Special Court for Sierra Leone -- 3.2.1 Background -- 3.2.2 Jurisdiction: Territorial and Temporal -- 3.2.3 Subject-Matter Jurisdiction -- 3.2.4 Personal Jurisdiction and Criminal Responsibility -- 3.2.5 Trials before the Special Court -- 3.2.6 Assessing the Work of the SCSL -- 3.3 Extraordinary African Chambers within the Judicial System of Senegal -- 3.3.1 Background -- 3.3.2 EAC: Composition, Powers and Jurisdiction -- 3.3.3 Habré's Prosecution -- 3.3.4 EAC: A Model for the Future? -- 3.4 Avenues of Justice: Other/Emerging Tribunals -- 3.4.1 Special Criminal Court (SCC) - Central African Republic -- 4 Transnational Accountability: Extraditions, Prosecutions and Quasi-Criminal Proceedings -- 4.1 Extraditions and the Rwanda Genocide -- 4.1.1 Responses to Rwanda's Requests for Extradition -- 4.2 Third Country Prosecutions -- 4.2.1 Switzerland -- 4.2.2 Belgium -- 4.2.3 The Netherlands -- 4.2.4 Germany. ; 4.2.5 France -- 4.2.6 Spain -- 4.2.7 Finland, Norway and Sweden -- 4.2.8 Canada -- 4.2.9 The United States of America -- 4.3 Transnational Accountability: Outsourcing Justice? -- 5 The International Criminal Court -- 5.1 Jurisdiction and Admissibility: Applicable Laws, General Principles of Criminal Law -- 5.2 Atrocity Crimes in Africa and the ICC -- 5.2.1 Situations and Referrals -- 5.2.1.1 African State-Party Referrals -- 5.2.1.2 United Nations Security Council Referrals -- 5.2.1.3 Other Investigations: Post-Election Violence: Article 12(3) Declaration -- 5.2.2 Cases: Convictions, Acquittals -- 5.2.3 Cases: Between a Rock and a Mountain - Mixed Record -- 5.3 ICC and the Politics of Justice for Atrocity Crimes -- 5.4 Moving Forward: The Malabo Protocol -- 5.5 Afterword -- Table of Cases -- Table of National Legislation -- Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Atrocity Crimes, Atrocity Laws and Justice in Africa
• ISBN: 90-8974-234-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910860868603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II