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International Criminal Justice in Africa, 2017 HJ van der Merwe Gerhard Kemp (eds) Strathmore University Press is the publisher of Strathmore University, Nairobi. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA, 2017 Copyright © Konrad Adenauer Stiftung ISBN 978-9966-054-23-4 Year of publication 2018 Cover design and Layout by John Agutu Email: [email protected] Printed by Colourprint Ltd., P.O. Box 44466 – 00100 GPO Nairobi CONTENTS List of editors and authors ............................................................................... v List of abbreviations ...................................................................................... vii List of cases ..................................................................................................... xi List of legal instruments .................................................................................. xv Preface ............................................................................................................. xxiii Rule of Law Programme for Sub Saharan Africa ........................................... xxv Introduction ..................................................................................................... xxvii HJ van der Merwe Annual Report 2017 .............................................................................. xxxiii Introduction ..................................................................................................... xxxix Rapport annuel 2017 ............................................................................. xlvii 1. Towards coordination of the global system of international criminal justice with the criminal court of the African Union Balingene Kahombo ............................................................................. 1 2. African Regional and sub-regional instruments on ending impunity for international crimes: Hit or miss? Gift Joseph Kweka ................................................................................ 33 3. The International Criminal Court, universal jurisdiction and Africa: Intrusion or intercession? HJ Van Der Merwe ............................................................................... 53 4. Burundi-CPI: les non-dits et la vraie-fausse stratégie d’un retrait Aimé-Parfait Niyonkuru ....................................................................... 73 iv International Criminal Justice in Africa, 2017 5. Corporate criminal liability under the Malabo Protocol: Breaking new ground? Evelyne Owiye Asaala .......................................................................... 107 7. Incorporating the Malabo Protocol: A critical evaluation of Kenya’s options Juliet Okoth ........................................................................................... 129 8. Africa and US Article 98 Agreements: A threat to international criminal justice? Gatambia Ndungu and Jeanne-Mari Retief .......................................... 157 9. La poursuite des crimes sexuels commis par les casques bleus de la MINUSCA en droit international Eugene Bakama Bope ........................................................................... 173 Bibliography ................................................................................................... 207 LIST OF EDITORS AND AUTHORS ASAALA, Evelyne Owiye – LLB (Hons) (UON), LLM (UP), PhD Candidate Uni- versity of Witwatersrand and Lecturer in the School of Law, University of Nairobi. BAKAMA BOPE, Eugène – LLB, LLM (Congo Protestant University), PhD Can- didate at the University of Aix-Marseille (France), Chairman of the Club des amis du droit du Congo, DRC. KAHOMBO, Balingene – Doctoral Candidate in Law, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany); Graduate of high studies in public law, public international law and international relations at the University of Kinshasa. Member of the Congolese Association for Public Policy (CAPP) and the ‘Centre de Recherches et d’Etudes sur l’Etat de Droit en Afrique’ (CREEDA). KEMP, Gerhard – Professor of Criminal Law and International Criminal Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Director and Executive Committee Member, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town; Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. KWEKA, Gift – LLB (University of Dar es Salaam), LLM (University of Cape Town), PhD (University of Dar es Salaam); Lecturer and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, Open University of Tanzania. NDUNGU, Gatambia – LLB, LLM; Advocate of the High Court of Kenya; Legal and Human Rights Officer, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. NIYONKURU, Aimé-parfait - PhD (KU Leuven); Lecturer, University of Burundi; Member of the Burundian Bar Association (BBA) and Phillip Schwartz Fellow at the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut. vi International Criminal Justice in Africa, 2017 OKOTH, Juliet – LLD (University of the Western Cape); Lecturer in International Criminal Law, International Law and Transnational Crimes Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi. RETIEF, Jeanne-Mari – LLB, LLM (UP); Admitted Attorney; Legal Project Facilitator and Researcher, CALIBRICS. VAN DER MERWE, HJ – BAcc, LLB, LLM, LLD (Stellenbosch University); Coordinator of the African Group of Experts on International Criminal Justice; Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACDEG African Charter on Democracy, Election and Governance ACJHR African Court of Justice and Human Rights AfCHPR African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights AICHR ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights AMU Arab Maghreb Union ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations ASP ICC Assembly of State Parties ASPA American Service-Members Protection Act ATS US Alien Tort Statute AU African Union AU Criminal Court African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights AU Model Law African Union Model Law on Universal Jurisdiction Bamako Protocol Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa. BIA Bilateral Immunity Agreement CARICOM Caribbean Community CAT UN Committee against Torture CCJ Caribbean Court of Justice CCJ Agreement Agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice CCPR UN Human Rights Committee viii International Criminal Justice in Africa, 2017 CEN-SAD Community of Sahen-Saharan States CIPEV Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CPI Cour penale internationale DCA Defence Cooperation Agreement DRC Democratic Republic of Congo EAC East African Community EALA East African Legislative Assembly ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States ECCC Extraordinary Chambers in the courts of Cambodia ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EMCA Environmental Management and Coordination Act EU European Union HCSS Hybrid Court of South Sudan ICA International Crimes Act ICC International Criminal Court ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICC Act International Criminal Court Act 27 of 2002 ICD International Crimes Division ICGLR International Conference on the Great Lakes Region ICJ International Court of Justice ICL International Criminal Law ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia IGAD Intergovernmental Authority for Development IMFTE International Military Tribunal for the Far East IMT International Military Tribunal LRA Lord’s Resistance Army List of Abbreviations for ICJ ix Malabo Protocol Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute on the African Court of Justice and Human Rights MNCs Multi-National Corporations NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NEMA National Environmental Management Authority Nuremberg Tribunal International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg OAS Organisation of American States OAU Organisation of African Unity OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OTP Office of the Prosecutor PEV Post-election violence POEA Public Officers Ethics Act PSC Peace and Security Council PTC Pre-Trial Chamber RECs Regional Economic Communities Rome Statute Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court SACC South Africa’s Constitutional Court SADC Southern African Development Community SALC Southern African Litigation Center SCA Supreme Court of Appeal SCSL Special Court for Sierra Leone SGBV Sexual and gender-based violence SOFA Status of Forces Agreements STL Special Tribunal for Lebanon TCID Torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNCAC United Nations Convention against Corruption x International Criminal Justice in Africa, 2017 UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNSC Security Council of the United Nations UNTAET United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor US United States of America VCLT Vienna Convention on the Laws of Treaties WW I First World War WW II Second World War LIST OF CASES International Court of Justice Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Belgium), Judgment, ICJ Reports 2002. Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v France), Order of 11 July 2003, ICJ Reports 2003. International criminal cases International Criminal Court Prosecutor v Al-Bashir (Decision convening a public hearing for purposes of a determination under Article 87(7) of the Rome Statute with respect to the Republic of South Africa) ICC-02/05-01/09, 8 December 2016. Prosecutor v Al Bashir