Is the ICC Targeting Africa Inappropriately? A Moral, Legal, and Sociological Assessment

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (Richard H. Steinberg ed., Brill/Nijhoff 2016)

Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-17

12 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2018 Last revised: 17 May 2018

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Margaret M. deGuzman

Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

Date Written: March 8, 2018

Abstract

This short essay considers the legitimacy of the ICC’s early focus on Africa along three interrelated dimensions: moral, legal, and sociological. It argues that the ICC’s Africa focus is neither legally nor morally inappropriate, but nonetheless threatens to undermine perceptions of the Court’s fairness.

Keywords: International Criminal Court, legitimacy, Africa, prosecutorial discretion

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

deGuzman, Margaret M., Is the ICC Targeting Africa Inappropriately? A Moral, Legal, and Sociological Assessment (March 8, 2018). CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (Richard H. Steinberg ed., Brill/Nijhoff 2016), Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-17, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3136470

Margaret M. DeGuzman (Contact Author)

Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law ( email )

1719 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
United States

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