Trying the court: An assessment of the challenges facing the ICC in Uganda and Darfur

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" Trying the court: An assessment of the challenges facing the ICC in Uganda and Darfur "
Krista Nerland

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53354
Doc. No	:	TL23308
Call number	:	‭MR51396‬
Main Entry	:	Krista Nerland
Title & Author	:	Trying the court: An assessment of the challenges facing the ICC in Uganda and Darfur\ Krista Nerland
College	:	McGill University (Canada)
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	110
Abstract	:	The ICC, which came into force in 2002, was held up by human rights activists as a force that would transform a culture of impunity into a culture of accountability. However, after five years of activity, the evidence suggests that the Court's effect has been mixed. Its ability to achieve retributive justice, broader reconciliation and restorative justice, as well as to deter future offences and promote peace has been variable, at best. Despite the Court's claim that politics are not its job, political missteps and support are adversely affecting the work of a judicious Court. Using the cases of Uganda and Darfur, this paper argues that the most significant factors impacting the Court's ability to achieve the four aims outlined are its lack of enforcement capacity, lack of international political will, the result of geo-political interests and concerns over the norm of state sovereignty, and lack of attention to political context by the Court itself.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Sudan; Political science; International law; 0615:Political science; 0616:International law
Added Entry	:	McGill University (Canada)