1st Edition

The Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court Protection and Prosecution in Kenya

By Serena Sharma Copyright 2016
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides an account of how the responsibility to protect (R2P) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) were applied in Kenya. In the aftermath of the disputed presidential election on 27 December 2007, Kenya descended into its worst crisis since independence. The 2007-08 post-election crisis in Kenya was among the first situations in which there was an appeal to both the... Read more

Introduction: The Responsibility to Protect and Prosecute  PART I: The Responsibility to Protect 1. Kenya Burning: The 2007-08 Post-Election Crisi 2. The Kenyan National Dialogue and Reconciliation: A Model Case for R2P?  PART II: The Responsibility to Prosecute 3. The Government of National Impunity 4. Kenya and the Court of Last Resort: Justice in the Hands of the Accuse Conclusion: From Protection and Prosecution to Protection from Prosecution

Biography

Serena K. Sharma is a Fellow in Global Politics at the London School of Economics (LSE), UK, and a Senior Fellow of the R2P Global Scholars network.