Complementarity in the Line of Fire

The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan

AvSarah M. H. Nouwen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-11-07
Mått:155 x 235 x 32 mm
Vikt:890 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Antal sidor:525
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107010789

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Sarah M. H. Nouwen is a university lecturer in law at the University of Cambridge. She is also a fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and of Pembroke College.

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'This work gets under the skin of rules and institutions and looks with an acute anthropological eye at their real effects in practice. Under the rubric of complementarity, Sarah Nouwen has had the energy and courage to explore a difficult and variable terrain and the nerve to tell the resulting story. The result is a marvellous début.' James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue: in the line of fire; 1. Introduction: complementarity from the line of fire; 2. The Rome Statute: complementarity in its legal context; 3. Uganda: compromising complementarity; 4. Sudan: complementarity in a state of denial; 5. Paradoxes unravelled: weaknesses in complementarity's catalysing effect; 6. Conclusion: complementarity in the line of fire.