This article examines article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which provides for military intervention in an AU member state by the AU to stop mass atrocities, namely, serious human rights violations ...

This article studies maritime terrorist acts as international terrorism and related prosecutorial mechanisms. It is first examined how the most serious manifestations of international (maritime) terrorism may be regarded ...

On 24 March 2017, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued its reparation order against Germain Katanga in favour of victims of crimes for which he had been convicted. The present article analyses this ...

Two important African criminal justice initiatives, namely, the Extraordinary African Chambers (eac) and the International Criminal Law Section of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights (acjhr), illustrate ...

Peruvian courts convicted those most responsible for acts that constitute or amount to international crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict (1980–2000), namely, ex-leaders of the terrorist organisation Shining ...

On 27 September 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber VIII convicted Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi of the war crime of attacking protected objects (ICC Statute, article 8(2)(e)(iv)) (‘the war crime’). 1 ...

I. Introduction. II. Definition of Crimes Against Humanity and its Relationship with Serious Human Rights Violations. III. Relationship Between Serious Human Rights Violations and Crimes Against Humanity Under United Nations ...

The introduction of an International Criminal Law Section (ICLS) to the prospective African Union (AU) African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACJHR) has sparked academic debate. However, discussion of ...

In 2017, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was pardoned after serving less than half of a 25-year sentence for human rights violations. The measure was taken amidst political turmoil and an impeachment process led ...

Among internationalcriminal tribunals(ICTs), the International Criminal Court (ICC)for the first time introduced victim participation and reparationsfor victims. Against potential African withdrawals from the ICC-Statute, ...