Journal of Criminal Law Research

The gradual development of regional criminal justice with an emphasis on African Court of Justice and Human Rights

Document Type : Research Paper

https://doi.org/10.22054/jclr.2018.20436.1384
Abstract
The gradual development of regional criminal justice with an emphasis on African Court of Justice and Human Rights
Pursuit some African heads of states and claims of selective justice International Criminal Court caused deep dissatisfaction with the African Union. Union positions and some African countries in the form of withdrawal of the proposed International Criminal Court, and finally in 2014 established the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Malabo protocols were followed. African Court Protocol has not entered into force because of Malabo has not yet started.
This article about the protest Africa to the administration of justice of the International Criminal Court and efforts to realize the criminal justice area and thereby jurisdiction African Court of Justice and Human Rights and challenge the immunity of heads of protocol Malabo and cooperation enshrined in the Rome Statute (1998) will be analyzed.
Keywords
African Union, African Court of Justice and Human Rights, regional criminal justice, International Criminal Court, Immunity

Keywords

African Union
African Court of Justice and Human Rights
regional criminal justice
International Criminal Court
Immunity
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Journal of Criminal Law Research
Volume 6, Issue 22
Spring 2018
Pages 261-283

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