This book contains some of the papers that were presented at the first meeting of the newly formed African Expert Study Group on International Criminal Law / Groupe des Experts Africaines en Droit Pénal International held in September 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The group was established under the auspices of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue (hereinafter ‘MDPD’) and the Rule of Law programme of the German Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (‘KAS’) in 2010 modeled on the successful sister group in Latin America. This latter group was originally founded as an expert group to monitor the implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’) in Latin America within the framework of cooperation between KAS’ regional Rule of Law Programme and the Department for Foreign and International Law of the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in 2002. The newly formed African group consists of judicial experts with both academic and practical background from various parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. The importance of such a group for the African continent cannot be overestimated. Africa plays a vital role in international criminal law and justice, both as an active player at the ICC and at the regional and national level. As for the group’s composition and outreach, the aim is to broaden regional representation and further consolidate membership. In 2012, the group will meet in Nairobi, Kenya to deal with topics surrounding the ‘Potential for the domestic prosecution of international crimes in Africa.’ Topics for future meetings abound given the multi-faceted African legal and political practice regarding international criminal justice in general and the ICC in particular. The group should in particular monitor the recent international or transnational criminal justice developments at the regional African level as well as relevant national developments. (Excerpt from the introduction by Kai Ambos)
International Criminal Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pouvoir et Poursuite
Défi s et Opportunités pour la Justice Pénale Internationale
en Afrique SubSaharienne
Author(s): Kai Ambos; Ottilia A. Maunganidze; et al.
Series: Göttingen Studies in Criminal Law and Justice 24
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Year: 2012
Language: English, French
Pages: 209
Tags: Rome Statute; Criminal Justice; International Criminal Court; Law; International law; Public international law; Laws of Specific jurisdictions; Criminal law & procedure
Table of contents......... 1
Introduction (english version)
Kai Ambos......... 5
Introduction (version française)
Kai Ambos......... 13
South Africa’s Implementation of the Rome Statute
(La Mise en oeuvre du Statut de Rome en Afrique du Sud)
Du Plessis, Max......... 23
Implementing at national level the amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court with respect to the crime of aggression: A South African perspective
(Mise en oeuvre des amendements au Statut de Rome en ce qui concerne le crime d’agression au niveau national: Un point de vue Sud-Africain)
Kemp, Gerhard........ 39
Rwanda and the ICC: a need for the ratification of the Rome Statute
(Le Rwanda et la CPI: une nécessité pour la ratification du Statut de Rome)
Garuka, Christian Nsabimana…........ 57
L’impact de la peine de mort dans le processus de l’adoption de la loi de mise en oeuvre du Statut de Rome en République Démocratique du Congo
(The impact of the death penalty in the process of adopting the law implementation of the Rome Statute in the Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ngondji Ongombe, Lievin........ 73
Immunity and the implementation legislation in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda
(Immunité en Mise en OEuvre de la Législation en Afrique du Sud, au Kenya et en Ouganda)
Gevers, Christoper........ 85
The International Criminal Court Factor on Transitional Justice in Kenya
(La Cour Pénale Internationale Facteur de Justice de Transition au Kenya)
Asaala, Evelyne Owiye........ 119
Implementing the Rome Statute in Africa: Potential and problems of the prosecution of gender crimes in Africa in accordance with the Rome Statute
(Mise en oeuvre du Statut de Rome en Afrique: le potentiel et les problèmes de la poursuite judiciaire des crimes sexuels en Afrique, conformément au Statut de Rome)
Meyersfeld, Bonita........ 145
The African Union’s decisions on the indictments of Al-Bashir and Gaddafi and their implications for the implementation of the Rome Statute by African States
(Les decisions de l’Union Africaine sur les actes d’accusation d’Al-Bashir et Kadhafi et leurs implications pour la mise en oeuvre du Statut de Rome par les États de l’Afrique)
Lubbe, Hendrik Johannes........ 179
List of editors and authors......... 201
