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Title: | The Creation of the ICC (International Criminal Court): Implications for Africa's Despots, Crackpots and Hotspots |
Author: | Du Plessis, Max |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | African Security Review |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 5-15 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | international criminal law International Criminal Court criminal courts Politics and Government Law, Human Rights and Violence |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2003.9627244 |
Abstract: | The implications for African States of the recently created International Criminal Court (ICC) should be carefully considered. There are far-reaching limitations placed on the ICC's jurisdictional scheme, both temporally as well as by the preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction in the form of territoriality and nationality. The Court's power may also be constrained out of deference to the grant of an internationally acceptable amnesty, and national courts may be constrained to recognize immunities from prosecution for high-ranking officials. These limitations need to be properly understood so that the ICC can be effectively utilized by African States to declare and act upon their commitment to the principle of individual criminal liability for those responsible for the most serious crimes. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |