1st Edition

The International Criminal Court and Peace Processes in Africa Judicialising Peace

By Line Gissel Copyright 2018
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book investigates how involvement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) affects efforts to negotiate peace. It offers an interpretive account of how peace negotiators and mediators in two peace processes in Uganda and Kenya sought to navigate and understand the new terrain of international justice, while also tracing how and why international decision-making processes interfered with the... Read more

1. Introduction: International Justice and the Problem of Peace



2. Studying ICC Involvement: An Analytical Framework



3. ICC Involvement in the Juba Peace Talks



4. Narratives, Justice and the Return to War



5. ICC Involvement in the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation



6. Political Authority, Justice and Power-Sharing



7. Impact of ICC Involvement in Uganda and Kenya: A Comparison



8. Conclusion: Understanding the Judicialisation of Peace

Biography

Line Engbo Gissel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark.