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Sovereign Immunity, The Au, And The Icc: Legitimacy Undermined, Christa-Gaye Kerr
Sovereign Immunity, The Au, And The Icc: Legitimacy Undermined, Christa-Gaye Kerr
Michigan Journal of International Law
This note examines how the International Criminal Court’s indictment of African leaders has led to a breakdown in the relationship between the Court and the African Union and offers solutions to repair this relationship. In particular, the ICC’s blanket rejection of sovereign immunity and its close relationship with the UNSC delegitimize the Court. As an organization that relies on the cooperation of states across the world, this is something the Court cannot afford. The ICC’s decade-long fight with the African Union over the disproportionate number of charges leveled against African nationals has weakened its stature with African states. This has …
Introduction: International Law Governing Armed Conflict, Christian Marxsen, Anne Peters
Introduction: International Law Governing Armed Conflict, Christian Marxsen, Anne Peters
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Wars are emergency situations, but in contrast to the saying according to which necessity knows no law, they are not lawless situations at all. Quite to the contrary, an extensive body of international treaties and customary international law provides detailed regulations. However, which rules do and should apply to what kinds of situation is a hotly debated issue and the subject of this book. Different regulatory paradigms are competing for how wartime situations shall be regulated – with significant legal, practical and institutional implications. This book approaches the legal issue in a Trialogue. The characteristic feature of a Trialogue is …