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The World Day for International Justice will be marked today as part of efforts by the United Nations to recognise an emerging system of international criminal justice. For Africa, these efforts are currently framed by a turbulent relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the continent.
One intriguing question is why some African leaders have taken an ambiguous stand towards the ICC – at times seeking the court’s involvement in internal affairs, at others condemning it for its work. Marco Bocchese unpacks the contradictory stances and provides answers to what lies behind them.
The ICC has been through a rough patch, suffering a string of acquittals and waning public confidence. In the light of this, the recent conviction of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda represents real progress, argues Kerstin Carlson, setting out why it is a significant victory for international criminal justice.
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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo attends a confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
EPA/Michael Kooren
Marco Bocchese, University of Illinois at Chicago
African leaders who have sought ICC involvement have all seen the court as being beneficial to the survival of their governments.
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Congolese Bosco Ntaganda in the courtroom during the closing statements of his trial in The Hague.
EPA-EFE/Bas Czerwinski
Kerstin Carlson, University of Southern Denmark
Ntaganda's conviction represents real progress, and an actual significant victory, for the ICC.
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Politics + Society
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Benjamin Waddell, Fort Lewis College
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Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University
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Education
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Michael Kithinji, University of Central Arkansas
Factors behind the hits and missed of the higher education sector in Kenya and East Africa. What need to be done to fix address the problems.
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Mako Fitts Ward, Arizona State University
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Health + Medicine
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Franziska Meinck, University of Oxford
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Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University; Ian Moffat, Flinders University; Justin W. Adams, Monash University; Luca Fiorenza, Monash University
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En français
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Fabrice Raffin, Auteurs fondateurs The Conversation France
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Sonia Le Gouriellec, Sciences Po – USPC
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