The International Criminal Court at the mercy of powerful states : an assessment of the neo-colonialism claim made by African stakeholders / Res Schuerch.
Publisher's description: This book aims to investigate whether, and if so, how, an institution designed to bring to justice perpetrators of the most heinous crimes can be regarded a tool of oppression in a (neo- )colonial sense. To do so, it re-invents the concept of neo-colonialism, which is t...
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| Language: | English |
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The Hague, The Netherlands :
Asser Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | International criminal justice series ;
v. 13. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Dire Tladi
- The International Criminal Court : old wine in a new bottle?
- European colonialism and neo-colonialism
- Legal colonialism by European states
- The universalisation of Western values since the Second World War
- The application of universal values in the field of international criminal law
- The issue of unjustified asymmetry in the enforcement of international criminal law
- The Security Council referral power under Article 13(b) Rome Statute
- The Security Council deferral power under Article 16 Rome Statute
- U.S. bilateral non-surrender agreements and Article 98(2) Rome Statute
- Concluding remarks.