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The Role Of Non-Governmental Organizations In Advancing International Criminal Justice, Charles Jalloh
The Role Of Non-Governmental Organizations In Advancing International Criminal Justice, Charles Jalloh
Charles C. Jalloh
This article examines the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in
advancing international criminal justice. I argue that NGOs have had considerable
impact by contributing, among other things, to the global struggle against impunity
through advocacy for the creation of more robust institutional mechanisms to prosecute
those who perpetrate such crimes. This ranges from supporting the processes
that led to the creation of several ad hoc international tribunals for Yugoslavia,
Rwanda and Sierra Leone, all the way through to their support for the establishment
of an independent permanent international penal court based in The Hague.
The crux of my claim is …