1st Edition

The International Criminal Court and the Lord’s Resistance Army Enduring Dilemmas of Transitional Justice

By Joseph Otieno Wasonga Copyright 2020
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book interrogates the sharp contrast that emerged between demands of the norms of international rule of law and the interests of conflict resolution at a local level in northern Uganda. Examining how the nature and character of complex conflict situations like that of northern Uganda confounds the application of transitional justice mechanisms, The International Criminal Court and... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Conflict Trajectory in Northern Uganda: Its Development and Nature  3. The International Criminal Court: A Judicial Response to LRA Atrocities  4. Local Alternative Approaches to Transitional Justice in Northern Uganda  5. Transitional Justice Dichotomy in Northern Uganda: Critical Analysis  6. Concluding Remarks: Transitional Justice as a Vortex 

Biography

Joseph Otieno Wasonga is a Lecturer and Chair of Department of Diplomacy and International Relations at Kenyatta University, Kenya.