Contested justice : the politics and practice of International Criminal Court interventions /
edited by Christian De Vos, Sara Kendall and Carsten Stahn.
- xx, 504 pages ; 24 cm
Includes papers presented at a conference "Post-Conflict Justice and Local Ownership" at The Hague in May 2011.--Asknowledgments.
In whose name? The ICC and the search for constituency / Frédéric Mégret -- Justice civilisatrice? The ICC, post-colonial theory, and faces of 'the local' / Carsten Stahn -- The global as local : the limits and possibilities of integrating international and transitional justice / David S. Koller -- Bespoke transitional justice at the International Criminal Court / Jaya Ramji-Nogales -- A synthesis of community-based justice and complementarity / Michael A. Newton -- In the shadow of Kwoyelo's trial : the ICC and complementarity in Uganda / Stephen Oola -- A story of missed opportunities : the role of the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Pascal Kalume Kambale -- The justice vanguard : the role of civil society in seeking accountability for Keny's post-election violence / Njonjo Mue and Judy Gitau -- 'They told us we would be part of history' : reflections on the civil society intermediary experience in the Great Lakes Region / Déirdre Clancy -- Challenges and limitations of outreach : from the ICTY to the ICC / Matias Hellman -- 'We ask for justice, you give us law' : the rule of law, economic markets and the reconfiguration of victimhood / Kamari Maxine Clarke -- Refracted justice : the imagined victim and the International Criminal Court / Laurel E. Fletcher -- Reparations and the politics of recognition / Peter J. Dixon -- Beyond the restorative turn : the limits of legal humanitarianism / Sara Kendall -- All roads lead to Rome : implementation and domestic politics in Kenya and Uganda / Christian M. De Vos -- Applying and 'misapplying' the Rome Statute in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Patryk I. Labuda -- Beyond the 'shadow' of the ICC : struggles over control of the conflict narrative in Colombia / Jennifer Easterday -- Between justice and politics : the ICC's intervention in Libya / Mark Kersten -- Peace making, justice, and the ICC / Juan E. Mendez and Jeremy Kelley.
"This timely, perceptive book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the field of international criminal justice through focusing on a singular institution: the International Criminal Court (ICC). Drawing on a range of experience, empirical work, and normative theory, it seeks to come to grips with a remarkable development-the creation of a permanent, international court meant to adjudicate mass crimes-through assessing the ICC's work in practice, given now more than a decade of experience to explore"--
9781107076532 (hardback)
2015026746
International Criminal Court.
International criminal courts. Criminal justice, Administration of.