International Justice and the Postcolonial Condition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3751077 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oumar Ba (0000-0002-1729-0759, corresponding author), Oumar Ba Oumar Ba |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 45 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/africatoday.63.4.03 |
| OpenAlex | W2734526143 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article moves beyond the reductive debate whether the International Criminal Court is the “Court for Africa,” targeting Africans. Placing the ICC in its historical, larger context and within global politics, I argue that international law and the theory and practice of international criminal justice lie on foundations that consecrated the West as the sole trustees of law, justice, and morality. To that extent, and drawing from IR, postcolonial and international law literatures, I contend that the postcolonial condition is the one in which the globally disenfranchised navigate the international justice system, which still consecrates the West as incapable of committing criminal acts
Economic Justice · Political science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law
Constructing an international legal order under the shadow of colonial domination
Theatrics of transnational criminal justice
Non-cooperation with the International Criminal Court in gatekeeper states
Global justice and race
The accommodation of indigenous norms in international criminal justice institutions
The Law of Ecocide
A critical defence of the crime of ecocide
A Dupla Agência Do Tribunal Penal Internacional E a Resistência Africana Ao Legado Da Colonialidade
Postcolonial Theory and International Relations
Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law
Activists beyond Borders
The Wretched of the Earth
The International Criminal Court as a 'Transitional Justice' Mechanism in Africa
Prosecutorial Discretion v. Judicial Activism at the International Criminal Court
How Political Is the ICC? Pressing Challenges and the Need for Diplomatic Efficacy
The Lady Doth Protest Too Much’ Kosovo, and the Turn to Ethics in International Law
The New Cosmopolitanisms
Quasi-States
The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |