The International Criminal Court and the end of impunity in Kenya [electronic resource] / Lionel Nichols.
Nichols, Lionel, author.
2015
KZ7312 .N53 2015eb
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Title The International Criminal Court and the end of impunity in Kenya [electronic resource] / Lionel Nichols.
Author Nichols, Lionel, author.
ISBN 9783319107295 electronic book
3319107291 electronic book
9783319107288
3319107283
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10729-5
Published Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2015]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-10729-5 doi
Call Number KZ7312 .N53 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 345.01
Summary The period immediately following Kenya's 2007 presidential election left a shocking trail of atrocities, with over 1,000 people dead and countless thousands left victimised and displaced. In response, the International Criminal Court began a series of investigations and trials, promising no impunity for even the highest ranking perpetrators. When the country's president and vice-president were implicated in the crimes, the case took on worldwide significance. The International Criminal Court and the End of Impunity in Kenya is a five-year study addressing critical human rights issues with a global reach and is the first detailed account of the ICC's intervention in Kenya. It probes the relationship between the ICC and state institutions, known as positive complementarity, and asks whether the ICC's intervention led to an end to impunity. The author provides comprehensive analysis of the Waki Commission's sealed envelope, the government's attempts to establish a special tribunal and the trials in The Hague. He also provides in depth consideration of any influence the ICC's intervention may have had on the passing of a new constitution, the establishment of a truth commission and important reforms to the judiciary, police and witness protection programme. Documenting the effects of these interventions on the Kenyan people, and on the country's legal and judicial systems, the book provides vital lessons in global justice as it: ℓ́ØDetails the ICC's involvement in Kenya in the aftermath of extreme violence and instability ℓ́ØEvaluates the ICC prosecutor's strategy of positive complementarity ℓ́ØIdentifies optimal conditions for positive complementarity to be effective ℓ́ØLinks cultures of impunity to state-sponsored corruption ℓ́ØExplores the possible impact of the ICC on national and global policy ℓ́ØDiscusses implications in responding to future crimes against humanity Replete with official government sources, The International Criminal Court and the End of Impunity in Kenya is necessary reading for researchers and practitioners working in public international law, particularly those specialising in conflict and post-conflict states.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Springer series in transitional justice.
Available in Other Form International Criminal Court and the End of Impunity in Kenya
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Strategy of Positive Complementarity
Chapter 3: Kenya's Post-Election Violence and History of Impunity
Chapter 4: From Nairobi to The Hague
Chapter 5: Prosecuting Perpetrators
Chapter 6: Don't be Vague, Go to The Hague!
Chapter 7: Rule of Law Reforms: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?
Chapter 8: Culture of Impunity
Chapter 9: Conclusion.

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