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04168aam a2200409 i 4500 001 EF6FC26C1DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220817010036 008 211021t20222022dcua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021953042 020 $a 0815738137 020 $a 9780815738138 035 $a (OCoLC)1285698424 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d PSC $d RSM $d WVU $d SILO 043 $a f------ 050 04 $a KQC982.I57 $b C37 2022 082 04 $a 341.690268 $2 23 100 1 $a Carlson, Kerstin Bree, $d 1972- $e author. $1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000493365200 245 14 $a The justice laboratory : $b international law in Africa / $c Kerstin Bree Carlson. 264 1 $a Washington, D.C : $b Brookings Institution Press ; $c [2022] 300 $a xiii, 162 pages : $b illustration ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Insights: critical thinking on international affairs 520 $a "Ever since World War II, the United Nations and other international actors have created laws, treaties, and institutions to punish perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. These efforts have established universally recognized norms and have resulted in several high-profile convictions in egregious cases. But international criminal justice now seems to be a declining force-its energy sapped by long delays in prosecutions, lagging public attention, and a globally rising authoritarianism that disregards legal niceties. This book reviews five examples of international criminal justice as they have been applied across Africa, where brutal civil conflicts in recent decades resulted in varying degrees of global attention and action. The first three chapters examine key international mechanisms: the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the hybrid tribunal established in Senegal to try state crimes committed in Chad. These chapters illustrate how the design and practice of the institutions led to similarly unexpected and unsatisfying outcomes. The final two chapters examine emerging and proposed international criminal justice mechanisms. One is a tribunal intended to facilitate peace in the new but war-torn country of South Sudan, not yet operational and unlikely to perform better than its predecessors. Finally, the book considers the developing human rights practice of the little-studied East African Court, a regional commercial court in Arusha, Tanzania, to show how local judicial creativity can win a role for courts in facilitating good governance. Written in an accessible style, this book explores the connections between politics and the doctrine of international criminal law. Highlighting little-known institutional examples and under-discussed political situations, the book contributes to a broader international understanding of African politics and international criminal justice, as well as the lessons the African experiences offer for other regions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- ONE. Losing the Battle for Hearts and Minds at the International Criminal Court -- TWO. Rejecting Liberalism in Post-Genocide Rwanda -- THREE. "Hybrid Justice" and the Trial of a Chadian Dictator -- FOUR. Courts for Peace: The Proposed Hybrid Court for South Sudan -- FIVE. The Experimental Jurisprudence of the East African Court of Justice -- CONCLUSION. Changing How the West Thinks about Africa. 650 0 $a International criminal law $z Africa. 650 0 $a War crimes (International law) $v Cases. 650 0 $a War crime trials $z Africa. 650 7 $a International criminal law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01784719 650 7 $a War crime trials. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01170459 650 7 $a War crimes (International law) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01910323 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 655 7 $a Trials, litigation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423712 830 0 $a Insights: critical thinking on international affairs. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014740.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EF6FC26C1DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search