Developments in International Criminal Law and International Criminal Justice
Perspectives from the Global South
Challenges of Globalisation Series

Now seventy years since the Nuremberg Trials and it is imperative to assess the evolution of international criminal law and justice from different perspectives, particularly in the light of conflicting views on the role and importance of international criminal justice, especially in the aftermath of an intra-state conflict.

With an emphasis on the global south, this text considers the substantive evolution of international criminal law since Nuremberg, the concepts that have developed since then, the institutional mechanisms that have emerged in the last seventy years, and, if any, its contribution to the achievement of peace and reconciliation in transitional societies, and the future trajectory of international criminal law and justice. It offers academics, legal practitioners, diplomats, and NGOs the opportunity to reflect and articulate their views on the development of international criminal law and justice since 1945. It provides a platform for individuals from diverse backgrounds to examine the normative, legal and institutional frameworks within which international criminal justice has developed and is being pursued. As such, it offers offer insightful thoughts on how to further enhance the legitimacy of current international criminal justice institutions and mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court

This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in Public International Law, International Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, and Humanitarian Law, Post-conflict and transitional justice, African Studies and Politics, and more broadly to International relations

Part I: Normative Developments in International Criminal Law and the Legacy of Nuremberg

1.International Criminal Law and International Criminal Justice: An Assessment of the Impact and Legacy of Nuremberg 70 Years On 

John-Mark Iyi and Avitus Agbor

2. Beyond Retribution: The Transformative Legacy of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

HJ van der Merwe

3. The Impact of Nuremberg on International Criminal Prosecution as an Element of Transitional Justice

Jentley Lenong

4. Nuremberg: The Fons Et Origo Of International Accountability Of Senior State Officials

Udoka Owie

5.Ecocide: The Forgotten Legacy of Nuremberg

Muyiwa Adigun

Part II: Institutional Developments

6. Ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals as Successors of Nuremberg/Tokyo Tribunals? 

Alexander Mezyaev

7.The Proliferation of International Criminal Law Courts: Multiple Standards or Different Angles of International Criminal Law?

Sherif A. Elgebeily

8.The Contribution of IMT Nuremberg to the Development of Domestic Prosecution of International Crimes: The Example of the International Crimes Tribunals of Bangladesh

Mostafa Hosain

Part III: Recent Developments in International Law and The Influence of International Criminal Law and Justice And Justice

9. International Criminal Law and Justice and Developments in International Law: Intervening to Protect: R2p and Internal Displacement in Africa

Olivia Lwabukuna

10. The Relationship between the Right of Self-Defence According to Public International Law Rules and the Individual Self-Defence Regulated by the Statute of Rome

Marco Argentini

11. Sovereignty and International Criminal Justice

Gabriel Amvane

12.Participation in Serious Crimes in International Law: Lessons from the United Nations’ Ad Hoc Tribunals

Anzanilufuno Munyai

13.The Limits of International Criminal Prosecutions as Instruments for Operationalizing R2P: Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, Egypt, Syria in Perspective

John-Mark Iyi

Part IV: International Criminal Prosecutions and International Criminal Justice

14. Victim Participation in International Criminal Proceedings

Marieke Roos

15. The Criminalisation of International Justice: Anatomy of a War Crimes Trial

Christopher Black

16. The Inherent Selectivity of International Criminal Justice

Mia Swart

17.Kasaija-Apuuli Justice at Arusha-The Legacy of the ICTR

Kasaija-Apuuli

Part V: The International Criminal Court: Africa in The Dock Or The Dock In Africa?

18 Africa and The Principle of Universal Jurisdiction

Evelyne Owiye Asaala

19. Africa and the ICC: ‘Legal Empowerment’ or ‘Legal Colonialism

Swikani Ncube, Kandala Lupwana John and Musa Njabulo Shongwe

20. Africa and the ICC

Ben Abrahamson Chigara

Part VI: Africa and The Search for International Criminal Justice

21. African Approaches to International Criminal Justice 70 Years After Nuremberg: Observations On The IMT Charter and The Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights

Konstantinos D Magliveras and Gino J Naldi

22. The African Union Hybrid Court in Senegal: A Model for the Future?

Eki Omorogbe

23.The Prospective African Court

Dominique

24. Conclusion

Avitus Agbor and John-Mark Iyi