THE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF PROSECUTING INTERNATIONAL CRIMES: A LOOK AT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.

ABSTRACT

With a view to examining the objectivity and impartiality of the International Criminal Court, this study examines whether or not the International Criminal Court is biased against Africa and their leaders and tries to find answers to the claims by some Africans branding the International Criminal Court (ICC) a neo-colonial institution and stooge of the West, playing a double standard, and being overly focused on trying African defendants are unfounded and sentimental.

The study traces the evolution of International Tribunals from the pre-World War II era to the establishment of International Criminal Court as a permanent Court. It also highlights the role of the Court in the prosecution of leaders of Africa origin with a view to answering such questions as to whether the International Criminal Court is targeting Africa inappropriately, whether the Court is biased against Africa or weak towards the powerful, the Court’s challenges in procedures of arresting and prosecuting perpetrators of international crimes.