Full Description
In recent decades, international courts have increasingly started investigating armed conflicts. However, the impact of this remains under-researched. Patrick S. Wegner closes this gap via a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the International Criminal Court in the Darfur and Lord's Resistance Army conflicts. He offers a fresh approach to peace and conflict studies, while avoiding the current quantitative focus of the literature and polarisation between critics and supporters of applying justice in conflicts. This is the first time that the impact of an international criminal court has been analysed in all its facets in two conflicts. The consequences of these investigations are much more complex and difficult to predict than most of the existing literature suggests. Recurrent claims, such as the deterrent effect of trials and the danger of blocking negotiations by the issuing of arrest warrants, are put to the test here with some surprising results.
Contents
1. Introduction; Part I. The International Criminal Court in Conflicts: 2. The ICC and its role in international politics; 3. Cross-case overview; Part II. Case Studies: 4. The ICC in Sudan: fighting impunity or heightening tensions?; 5. The ICC in Uganda: isolating spoilers or blocking negotiations?; Part III. Results: 6. Transcending the peace-justice divide; 7. Conclusions and outlook; Bibliography; Index.
