Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan

by Sarah M.H. Nouwen

Of the many expectations attending the creation of the first permanent International Criminal Court, the greatest has been that the principle of complementarity would catalyse national investigations and prosecutions of conflict-related crimes and lead to the reform of domestic justice systems. Sarah Nouwen explores whether complementarity has had such an effect in two states subject to ICC intervention: Uganda and Sudan. Drawing on extensive empirical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107010780
• ISBN13: 9781107010789
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 525 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"