OUVRAGE : G. Werle, M. Vormbaum (eds.), The African Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Malabo Protocol

Gerhard WERLE, Moritz VORMBAUM

This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the provisions of the ‘Malabo Protocol’- the amendment protocol to the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights - adopted by the African Union at its 2014 Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Annex to the protocol, once it has received the required number of ratifications, will create a new Section in the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights with jurisdiction over international and transnational crimes, hence an ‘African Criminal Court’.

In this book, leading experts in the field of international criminal law analyze the main provisions of the Annex to the Malabo Protocol. The book provides an essential and topical source of information for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of international criminal law, and for all readers with an interest in political science and African studies.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. INTRODUCTION

1. Gerhard Werle, Moritz Vormbaum, Creating an African Criminal Court
2. Ademola Abass, Historical and Political Background to the Malabo Protocol

Part II THE CRIMES IN THE ANNEX TO THE MALABO PROTOCOL

3. Kai Ambos, Genocide (Article 28B), Crimes Against Humanity (Article 28C), War Crimes (Article 28D) and the Crime of Aggression (Article 28M)
4. Gerhard Kemp, Selemani Kinyunyu, The Crime of Unconstitutional Change of Government (Article 28E)
5. Florian Jeßberger, Piracy (Article 28F), Terrorism (Article 28G) and Mercenarism (Article 28H)
6. Lovell D. Fernandez, Corruption (Article 28I) and Money Laundering (Article 28Ibis)
7. Fatuma Mninde-Silungwe, Trafficking in Persons (Article 28J) and Trafficking in Drugs (Article 28K)
8. Martin Heger, Trafficking in Hazardous Wastes (Article 28L) and Illicit Exploitation of Natural Resources (Article 28Lbis)

Part III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF PROCEDURE IN THE ANNEX TO THE MALABO PROTOCOL

9. Chantal Meloni, Modes of Responsibility (Article 28N), Individual Criminal Responsibility (Article 46B) and Corporate Criminal Liability (Article 46C)
10. Volker Nerlich, Preconditions to the Exercise of Jurisdiction (Article 46Ebis), Exercise of Jurisdiction (Article 46F) and the Prosecutor (Article 46G)
11. Harmen van der Wilt, Complementary Jurisdiction (Article 46H)
12. Dire Tladi, Immunities (Article 46Abis)

Annexes
Index 

Gerhard WERLE, Moritz VORMBAUM (eds.), The African Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Malabo Protocol, Berlin, Asser Press, 2017 (314 pp.)