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Contested justice : the politics and practice of the International Criminal Court interventions / edited by Christian De Vos, Sara Kendall, Carsten Stahn.

Contributor(s): Vos, Christian M. de [editor.] | Kendall, Sara [editor.] | Stahn, Carsten, 1971- [editor.]Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015 Description: 1 online resource (xx, 505 pages)ISBN: 9781139924528Subject(s): International Criminal Court | International Criminal Court | International Criminal Court | International criminal courts | Criminal justice, Administration of | Criminal justice, Administration of | International criminal courtsAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Contested justice.Online resources: Cambridge Open Access Books
Contents:
In whose name? the ICC and the search for constituency / Frederic Megret -- Justice civilisatrice? : the ICC, post-colonial theories and faces of 'the local' / Carsten Stahn -- The global as local : the limits and possibilities of integrating international and transitional justice / David S. Koller -- Bespoke transitional justice at the International Criminal Court / Jaya Ramji-Nogales -- A synthesis of community based justice and complementarity / Michael A. Newton -- In the shadow of Kwoyelo's trial the ICC and complementarity in uganda / Stephen Oola -- A story of missed opportunities : the role of the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Pascal Kalume Kambale -- The justice vanguard : Kenyan civil society and the pursuit of accountability / Njonjo Mue and Judy Gitau -- 'They told us we would be part of history' : reflections on the civil society intermediary experience in the Great Lakes Region / Deirdre Clancy -- Challenges and limitations of outreach : from the ICTY to the ICC / Matias Hellman -- 'We ask for justice, you give us law' : justice talk and the encapsulation of victims / Kamari Maxine Clarke -- Refracted justice : the imagined victim and the International Criminal Court / Laurel E. Fletcher -- Reparations and the politics of recognition / Peter J. Dixon -- Beyond the restorative turn : the limits of legal humanitarianism / Sara Kendall -- All roads lead to Rome : implementation and domestic politics in Kenya and Uganda / Christian M. De Vos -- Applying and 'misapplying' the Rome Statute in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Patryk I. Labuda -- Beyond the 'shadow' of the ICC : struggles over control of the conflict narrative in Colombia / Jennifer Easterday -- Between justice and politics : the ICC's intervention in Libya / Mark Kersten -- Peace making, justice, and the ICC / Juan E. Mendez and Jeremy Kelley.
Summary: "This timely, perceptive book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the field of international criminal justice through focusing on a singular institution: the International Criminal Court (ICC). Drawing on a range of experience, empirical work, and normative theory, it seeks to come to grips with a remarkable development-the creation of a permanent, international court meant to adjudicate mass crimes-through assessing the ICC's work in practice, given now more than a decade of experience to explore"--
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Includes papers presented at a conference "Post-Conflict Justice and Local Ownership" at The Hague in May 2011.--Asknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In whose name? the ICC and the search for constituency / Frederic Megret -- Justice civilisatrice? : the ICC, post-colonial theories and faces of 'the local' / Carsten Stahn -- The global as local : the limits and possibilities of integrating international and transitional justice / David S. Koller -- Bespoke transitional justice at the International Criminal Court / Jaya Ramji-Nogales -- A synthesis of community based justice and complementarity / Michael A. Newton -- In the shadow of Kwoyelo's trial the ICC and complementarity in uganda / Stephen Oola -- A story of missed opportunities : the role of the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Pascal Kalume Kambale -- The justice vanguard : Kenyan civil society and the pursuit of accountability / Njonjo Mue and Judy Gitau -- 'They told us we would be part of history' : reflections on the civil society intermediary experience in the Great Lakes Region / Deirdre Clancy -- Challenges and limitations of outreach : from the ICTY to the ICC / Matias Hellman -- 'We ask for justice, you give us law' : justice talk and the encapsulation of victims / Kamari Maxine Clarke -- Refracted justice : the imagined victim and the International Criminal Court / Laurel E. Fletcher -- Reparations and the politics of recognition / Peter J. Dixon -- Beyond the restorative turn : the limits of legal humanitarianism / Sara Kendall -- All roads lead to Rome : implementation and domestic politics in Kenya and Uganda / Christian M. De Vos -- Applying and 'misapplying' the Rome Statute in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Patryk I. Labuda -- Beyond the 'shadow' of the ICC : struggles over control of the conflict narrative in Colombia / Jennifer Easterday -- Between justice and politics : the ICC's intervention in Libya / Mark Kersten -- Peace making, justice, and the ICC / Juan E. Mendez and Jeremy Kelley.

"This timely, perceptive book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the field of international criminal justice through focusing on a singular institution: the International Criminal Court (ICC). Drawing on a range of experience, empirical work, and normative theory, it seeks to come to grips with a remarkable development-the creation of a permanent, international court meant to adjudicate mass crimes-through assessing the ICC's work in practice, given now more than a decade of experience to explore"--