The Post-Election Violence in Kenya Domestic and International Legal Responses /

• Main Author: Materu, Sosteness Francis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2015.
• Series: International Criminal Justice Series ; 2
• Subjects: Law.; International humanitarian law.; International criminal law.; International Criminal Law.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.

Since the historic Nuremberg Trial of 1945 an international customary law principle has developed that commission of a core crime under international law – war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and aggression – should not go unpunished. History shows, that when in Africa such violations occu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background to the Post-Election Violence
• The Post-Election Violence and Immediate Aftermath
• Criminal Accountability at Domestic Level
• Alternatives and Adjuncts to Domestic Prosecutions
• The Kenya Situation before the ICC
• Conclusion.