International justice's blind spot: The ICC should prosecute beyond the bounds of Africa, argues Max du Plessis

In: The world today, Band 69, Heft 3

Abstract

It has become fashionable to criticize the International Criminal Court for its exclusive focus on African cases. Developing nations, particularly from the South, now repeatedly and rightly complain about the skewed power relations in the UN Security Council. The imbalance of power within the council has come sharply into focus through its influence over the court. We now need to reflect soberly on the reality that all the cases opened by that court are in Africa. Adapted from the source document.