- Title
- The principle of complementarity and hybrid courts: the case of the Special Criminal Court for the Central African Republic
- Creator
- Juma, Laurence
- Creator
- Chigowe, Lloyd
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125219
- Identifier
- vital:35747
- Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-110b0e557f
- Description
- This paper seeks to locate the place of hybrid courts in the Rome Statute’s complementarity model using the Central African Republic’s Special Courts as a case study. The introduction of the Special Courts when the International Criminal Court has already intervened in Central African Republic has raised some concern regarding the Special Courts relationship with the International Criminal Court, especially whether it may defeat the complementarity regime established under article 17 of the Rome Statute. This paper seeks to dispel this concern. It argues that the creation of the Special Criminal Court should never be perceived as an indictment to the Rome Statute principle of complementarity, but instead a useful attempt to close the impunity gap that has arisen as a result of the collapse or dysfunctionality of national criminal justice system.
- Format
- 38 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Lesotho Law Journal
- Relation
- Chigowe, L. and Juma, L., 2018. The principle of complementarity and hybrid courts: the case of the Special Criminal Court for the Central African Republic. Lesotho Law Journal, 26(1), pp.41-78.
- Relation
- Lesotho Law Journal volume 26 number 1 41 78 2018 0255-6472
- Rights
- National University of Lesotho
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