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Acceptance of International Criminal Justice: Country Study on Colombia

 
This chapter discusses the acceptance of international criminal justice in Colombia. The country has experienced an over 50-year conflict, the latest phase of which is under preliminary examination by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2005 the ICC opened a preliminary investigation. The chapter investigates in how far the Colombian legal community accepts international criminal justice.… Learn more  
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Acceptance of International Criminal Justice through Fragmented Domestication: The Case of Kosovo

 
The chapter explores different dimensions of acceptance of international criminal law in Kosovo. While Kosovo cannot ratify the Rome Statute, as it is not a fully recognized State, it has however included substantial international criminal justice provisions into its domestic law. This chapter seeks to understand whether this legal acceptance was the actual intention of the various actors… Learn more  
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Acceptance of International Criminal Justice in Nigeria: Legal Compliance, Myth or Reality?

 
This chapter explores the acceptance of international criminal justice in Nigeria. Against the backdrop of the ongoing preliminary examinations of the ICC that focus on Boko Haram insurgents and national security forces, this study looks at the domestication of international criminal law in Nigeria. This would be a necessary development for Nigeria in order to be able to process such cases at… Learn more  
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Assessing the Political Acceptance of Hybrid Courts in Fractured States: The Case of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

 
The chapter addresses the acceptance of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) among different groups of society in Lebanon. In 2007, the STL was established following a UN Resolution with the mandate to try those most responsible for specific crimes committed between 2004 and 2005. The crimes in question were attempted and actual assassinations, the most prominent of which was the murder of… Learn more  
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Understanding Acceptance of International Justice through Duch's Sentence at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

 
The chapter discusses several aspects of the acceptance of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) by legal professionals, political elites, as well as victims and the general public. It focuses on the verdict of the first trial, which was later overruled in a decision by the Appeals Chamber. In 2010, Kaing Guek Eav alias ’Duch’, was initially sentenced to 35 years in prison,… Learn more  
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'Changing Faces' on Acceptance of International Criminal Intervention in Kenya

 
The chapter examines the acceptance of the ICC in Kenya and discusses a range of recent events in which the ICC trials were politicized by the national political elite, with some of its members seeking to frame it as a neocolonial intervention. The chapter distinguishes between formal compliance and the actual behavior of political actors. Acceptance is thus defined as an action that goes beyond… Learn more  
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Between Interests and Values: Ukraine's Contingent Acceptance of International Criminal Justice

 
The chapter discusses the acceptance of international criminal justice in Ukraine with a specific focus on the acceptance by the Government. Ukraine is currently under ICC preliminary examination, which began after the country granted the ICC jurisdiction over certain crimes committed since 2014. As Ukraine has not ratified the Rome Statute but granted selected jurisdiction, the ICC depends even… Learn more  
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Methodology: FAIR AND EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES

 
Methodology: FAIR AND EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES Learn more  
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Assessing the Acceptance of International Criminal Justice in Kenya

 
This chapter assesses the acceptance of international criminal justice (ICJ) in Kenya among victims, civil society activists, political elites and directly affected communities. In Kenya, ICJ entails the International Criminal Court, owing to its intervention in the country’s 2007/8 post elections violence (PEV). The PEV ensued after the disputed December 2007 presidential elections results… Learn more  
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Prosecution that Never Began: An Exploration of Acceptance of International Criminal Justice in Nigeria

 
Since the release of the preliminary investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Nigeria in 2012 there have been different reactions from affected communities, political parties, experts, and civil society organisations which expected that it would result in the prosecution of criminals. However, so far, no prosecution has begun. Central to… Learn more  
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