The book deals with the controversial relationship between African states, represented by the African Union, and the International Criminal Court. This relationship started promisingly but has been in crisis in recent years. The overarching aim of the book is to analyze and discuss the achievements and shortcomings of interventions in Africa by the International Criminal Court as well as to develop proposals for cooperation between international courts, domestic courts outside Africa and courts within Africa. For this purpose, the book compiles contributions by practitioners of the International Criminal Court and by role players of the judiciary of African countries as well as by academic experts.

The book deals with the controversial relationship between African states, represented by the African Union, and the International Criminal Court. This relationship started promisingly but has been in crisis in recent years. The overarching aim of the book is to analyze and discuss the achievements and shortcomings of interventions in Africa by the International Criminal Court as well as to develop proposals for cooperation between international courts, domestic courts outside Africa and courts within Africa. For this purpose, the book compiles contributions by practitioners of the International Criminal Court and by role players of the judiciary of African countries as well as by academic experts.

Introduction – Africa and the International Criminal Court.- Africa and the International Criminal Court – Then and Now.- Africa and the International Criminal Court – A Judge’s Perspective.- International Criminal Justice in Africa: Specific Procedural Aspects of the First Trial Judgment of the International Criminal Court.- Africa and the International Criminal Court – A Prosecutor’s Perspective.- The Implementation of the Rome Statute in Africa.- Domestic Prosecution of International Crimes: The Case of Rwanda.- The Extraordinary African Chambers in the Courts of Senegal – The Case of Hissène Habré.- The Nigerian ‘Jos-Crisis’ from the Perspective of International Criminal Law.- ‘On Behalf of Africa’: Towards the Regionalization of Universal Jurisdiction? Between Political Justice and Judicial Politics: Charting a Way Forward for the African Union and the International Criminal Court.- Africa, the United Nations Security Council and the International Criminal Court: The Question of Deferrals.- A Strained Relationship: Reflections on the African Union’s Stand against the International Criminal Court from the Kenyan Experience.