The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context: Development and Challenges

1200 Pages·2019·11.031 MB·English

by  Charles C. Jalloh (editor), Kamari M. Clarke (editor), Vincent O. Nmehielle (editor)

the african court of justice and human
and peoples’ rights in context
ThetreatycreatingtheAfricanCourtofJusticeandHumanandPeoples’Rights,if
and when it comes into force, contains innovative elements that have potentially
significant implications for current substantive and procedural approaches to
regionalandinternationaldisputesettlement.Bringingtogetherleadingauthorities
in international criminal law, human rights and transitional justice, this volume
providesthefirstcomprehensiveanalysisofthe‘MalaboProtocol’whilesituatingit
within the wider fields of international law and international relations. The book,
edited by Professors Jalloh, Clarke and Nmehielle, offers scholarly, empirical,
criticallyengagedandpracticalanalysesofsomeofitsmostchallengingprovisions.
BreakingnewgroundontheAfricanCourt,butalsotreatingoldconceptsinanovel
and relevant way,The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights in
Contextisforanyoneinterestedininternationallaw,includinginternationalcrim-
inal law and international human rights law. This title is also available as Open
AccessonCambridgeCoreatdoi.org/10.1017/9781108525343.
CharlesC.JallohisProfessorofLawatFloridaInternationalUniversity,amember
oftheUnitedNationsInternationalLawCommissionwherehewastheChairper-
sonoftheDraftingCommitteeforthe70thsession,andtheFoundingDirectorof
the African Court Research Initiative (ACRI). He has published extensively on
aspects of international law and is founding editor of the African Journal of Legal
StudiesandtheAfricanJournalofInternationalCriminalJustice.
Kamari M. Clarke is Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and
Co-DirectoroftheAfricanCourtResearchInitiativefundedbytheOpenSociety
Foundations. Specializing in international law and legal anthropology, she has
heldnumerousfellowshipsandgrantsandhasdistinguishedhercareerwitheight
booksandoverfortybookchaptersandarticlesandresearchexcellenceawards.
VincentO.NmehielleistheSecretary-GeneraloftheAfricanDevelopmentBank
Group.HeisaformerLegalCounselandDirectorforLegalAffairsoftheAfrican
Union;aformerProfessorofLawandHeadoftheWitsProgrammeonLaw,Justice
andDevelopmentinAfrica,UniversityoftheWitwatersrandSchool,Johannesburg,
South Africa; a former Professorial Lecturer in law at the Oxford University and
GeorgeWashingtonUniversityHumanRightsProgrammeandaformerPrincipal
DefenderoftheUnitedNations-BackedSpecialCourtforSierraLeone.

The African Court of Justice and Human
’
and Peoples Rights in Context
development and challenges
Edited by
CHARLES C. JALLOH
FloridaInternational University
KAMARI M. CLARKE
Carleton University
VINCENT O. NMEHIELLE
African DevelopmentBankand University ofthe Witwtersrand
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Contents
Noteson Contributors page xi
Preface xix
List of Abbreviations xxiii
1 Introduction:Origins and Issues of the AfricanCourt
of Justiceand Human and Peoples’ Rights 1
KamariM.Clarke,CharlesC.JallohandVincentO.Nmehielle
part i thewidercontextoftransitionaljusticeinafrica 55
2 ThePlace of the African Court of Justiceand Human
and Peoples’ Rights in the Prosecution of Serious
Crimes in Africa 57
CharlesC.Jalloh
3 Peace and ‘Justice’ Sequencingin Management of
Violence in the Malabo Protocolfor the African Court 109
KamariM.Clarke
4 TheAfricanUnion Transitional JusticePolicy Framework
and How it Fits intothe African Governance Architecture
(AGA): Promiseand Prospectsforthe African Court of
Justiceand Human Rights 147
GeorgeMukundiWachira
5 TheAdvent of aDifferentiated Accountability System:
TheAfricanCourtof Justiceand Human Rights and
the AUTransitional JusticeArchitecture 166
TimMurithi
v
vi Contents
6 ConcurrentJurisdictionof the International Criminal
Court and the African CriminalChamber in the Case
of ConcurrentReferrals 180
ErikadeWet
7 The African CriminalCourt: Towardsan Emancipatory
Politics 198
AdamBranch
part ii the criminal law jurisdiction of the
african court 221
a the crimes 223
8 A Classification of the Crimes in the Malabo
Protocol 225
CharlesC.Jalloh
9 Perspectives on the International CriminalJurisdiction
of the African Court of Justiceand Human Rights
Pursuantto the MalaboProtocol(2014) 257
DanielD.NtandaNserekoandManuelJ.Ventura
10 Genocideand Other InternationalCrimes by Unincorporated
Groups:Will ThereBe Loopholes for Them in the
AfricanCourt? 285
HannibalTravis
11 The Crime of Aggression in the African Court of Justice
and Human and Peoples’ Rights 314
SergeySayapin
12 Transnational Crimes Jurisdictionof the Criminal Chamber
of the African Court of Justiceand Human and
Peoples’ Rights 336
NeilBoister
13 Jurisdiction of the CriminalChamber of the African
Court of Justice and African Court of Justiceand Human
and Peoples’Rights 362
NeilBoister
Contents vii
14 TheCrime ofPiracy 388
DouglasGuilfoyleandRobMcLaughlin
15 TheCrime ofTerrorism within the Jurisdiction
of the African Court ofJustice and Human and Peoples’
Rights: Article 28G of the AU’sMalabo Protocol
2014 409
BenSaul
16 TheCrime ofMercenarism: A Challenge for the Judges
of the New African Court 449
JoséL.GómezdelPrado
17 Combating CorruptionEffectively? TheRole of the African
Courtof Justiceand Human Rights 477
JohnHatchard
18 MoneyLaundering and the African Court of Justiceand
Human and Peoples’Rights 505
CecilyRose
19 Human Trafficking in Africa:Opportunities and
Challenges for the AfricanCourtof Justiceand
Human Rights 529
TomObokata
20 Prosecuting Dirty Dumping in Africa 553
MatiangaiV.S.Sirleaf
21 IllicitExploitationof NaturalResources 590
DaniëllaDamdeJongandJamesG.Stewart
22 Unconstitutional Change of Government: A New
Crime within the Jurisdiction of the African
Criminal Court 619
HarmenvanderWilt
b institutional and procedural issues 643
23 Complementarity atthe African Court 645
MargaretM.deGuzman
viii Contents
24 Defence and Fair Trial Rights atthe African Court of
Justiceand Human and Peoples’ Rights 680
MelindaTaylor
25 Article46L:Promoting an EffectiveCooperation Regime 729
DireTladi
c modes of participation, immunity, defences,
sentences and reparations 741
26 Modes of Liability and Individual CriminalResponsibility 743
WayneJordashQCandNatachaBracq
27 Article46C: Corporate CriminalLiabilityat the African
CriminalCourt 793
JoannaKyriakakis
28 Administering InternationalCriminal Justice through
the African Court: Opportunities and Challenges in
International Law 838
ChileEboe-Osuji
29 Article46A Bis:Beyondthe Rhetoric 850
DireTladi
30 Defencesto CriminalLiability 866
SaraWharton
31 Sentencing and Penalties 925
MarkA.Drumbl
32 A PromiseToo Dear? The Right to Reparationsfor Victims
of International CrimesUnder the Malabo Protocolof
the African CriminalCourt 947
GodfreyM.Musila
part iii the human rights jurisdiction of the
african court 963
33 The Human Rights Jurisdictionof the African Court of
Justiceand Human and Peoples’ Rights 965
RachelMurray