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When your 'friend' and biggest trading partner is accused of genocide you can't ignore it. But meaningful change will take more than words.
The International Criminal Court has been called to investigate the shooting of unarmed protesters in Lagos.
The Trump administration's overt transgressions of international norms embolden other world leaders to violate human rights.
The court prosecutes genocide, torture and grave wartime abuses worldwide. Trump's executive order imposes on its lawyers and judges the kind of sanctions usually used on foreign terrorists.
The court has focused on African cases to the exclusion of developed countries, as well as developing regions such as Latin America.
For democracy to work in Kenya the country needs good leadership. Politicians must uphold the constitution to infuse trust and confidence in state institutions.
The court's decision has wider implications for international criminal law.
Given the contested success of transitional justice in Rwanda, the arrest showcases the mixed record of international justice.
There are many hurdles to a successful prosecution of individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. But trying to seek justice is not a futile exercise.
Ousted president Omar al-Bashir could face the International Criminal Court for his role in Sudan's clampdown on the non-Arab people of Darfur.
With the ICC facing intense criticism and scrutiny, its member states have met to create a plan to improve the court's standing and performance.
The AU's new International Criminal Law Section offers a chance for the regional body to address root causes of conflict.
African leaders who have sought ICC involvement have all seen the court as being beneficial to the survival of their governments.
Cooperation with the Sudanese government to try al-Bashir could amount to legitimising those who themselves have been implicated in genocide
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate EU over its policy of deterring migrants from crossing the Mediterrean, the world's deadliest border.
The African Union and its member states are creating their own interpretation of immunity which will protect its heads of state from courts abroad.
The African Union's policy offers no wriggle room for a discretionary response to coups, a scourge that imperils the consolidation of democracy.
International law has deep connections to structures of power and inequality. Thankfully, committed jurists like Fatou Bensouda are fighting oppression through their unapologetic acts of resistance.
The fact that al-Bashir has been deposed will again raise questions about the former Sudanese president facing trial at the ICC.
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Tasmania
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Senior Law Lecturer in Transitional Justice and Human Rights, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in International Relations and International Security, University of Bath
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Associate Professor International Law, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor of Law, Swansea University
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Principal Academic in International Law, Bournemouth University
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Teaching Fellow in Law, University of Birmingham
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW
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Scientia Professor, UNSW
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Professor of International Relations and Human Rights, University of Dundee
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Lecturer in Security and Public Policy, University of Bath
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Professor in International Law, NRF Research Chair in International Law, University of Johannesburg
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SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in International Law, Anglia Ruskin University
