The International Criminal Court and Peace Processes in Africa - 9781138104013

Taylor & Francis

The International Criminal Court and Peace Processes in AfricaJudicialising Peace\nAuthor(s): Line Gissel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138104013, 978-1138104013\nSynopsis\nThe book investigates how involvement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) affects efforts to negotiate peace. It offers an interpretive account of how peace negotiators and mediators in two peace processes in Uganda and Kenya sought to navigate and understand the new terrain of international justice, while also tracing how and why international decision-making processes interfered with the negotiations, narrated the conflicts and insisted on a narrow scope of justice. Building on this interpretive analysis, a comparative analysis of peace processes in Uganda, Kenya and Colombia explores a set of general features pertaining to the judicialisation of peace.\n\nLine Engbo Gissel argues that the level and timing of ICC involvement is key .