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The African Criminal Court

A Commentary on the Malabo Protocol

  • The first comprehensive analysis of the provisions of the Malabo Protocol
  • Written by renowned experts in the field of international criminal law
  • Includes basic materials in relation to the Malabo Protocol and the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Criminal Justice Series (ICJS, volume 10)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Creating an African Criminal Court

      • Gerhard Werle, Moritz Vormbaum
      Pages 3-9
  3. General Principles and Rules of Procedure in the Annex to the Malabo Protocol

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
    2. Complementary Jurisdiction (Article 46H)

      • Harmen van der Wilt
      Pages 187-202
    3. Immunities (Article 46Abis)

      • Dire Tladi
      Pages 203-217
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 219-347

About this book

This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the provisions of the ‘Malabo Protocol’—the amendment protocol to the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights—adopted by the African Union at its 2014 Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Annex to the protocol, once it has received the required number of ratifications, will create a new Section in the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights with jurisdiction over international and transnational crimes, hence an ‘African Criminal Court’. In this book, leading experts in the field of international criminal law analyze the main provisions of the Annex to the Malabo Protocol.

The book provides an essential and topical source of information for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of international criminal law, and for all readers with an interest in political science and African studies.

Gerhard Werle is Professor of German and Internationa l Crimina l Law, Criminal Procedure and Modern Legal History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Director of the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice. In addition, he is an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape and Honorary Professor at North-West University of Political Science and Law (Xi’an, China).

Moritz Vormbaum received his doctoral degree in criminal law from the University of Münster (Germany) and his postdoctoral degree from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is a Senior Researcher at Humboldt-Universität, as well as a coordinator and lecturer at the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Gerhard Werle, Moritz Vormbaum

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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