Fiseha Haftetsion

The International Criminal Court: the Relevance of the International Criminal Court for Africa's Peace and Justice: Debates and Challenges Fiseha Haftetsion

The backbone of the book consists of the controversies such as the neutrality or otherwise, the representativeness or otherwise, and the overall role of the Court in ensuring the prevalence of peace and justice in Africa in the context of the specific situations it involved and challenges such as lack of appropriate implementation mechanisms, failure to adequately protect participants of the Court's proceedings, and delays in the trials and proceedings. It is concluded that the Court cannot bring the panacea to Africa's problems in the areas of peace and justice, for there are lack of effective implementation mechanisms and unfair treatment of nations based on extra-judicial factors. Accordingly, different solutions including establishing an African version of the ICC are recommended; provided that African governments are dedicated enough to make such an institution effective by improving their commitments to protecting rights and by taking adequate lessons from the failures of similar institutions.