Unpacking the Tension Between the African Union and the ICC: The Way Forward

2016 ◽  
pp. 123-156
Author(s):  
Ovo Catherine Imoedemhe
Keyword(s):  
African Union ◽  
The Way

Politics, economics, and society

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bience Gawanas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Context ◽  
African Union ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Disproportionate Burden ◽  
The Way

Chapter 10 describes the way in which African organizations have developed their leadership roles, and covers the socio-economic and political context, as well as the way health is interconnected with all other aspects of life and the disproportionate burden that women bear. It also documents the deliberations and decision-making of the African Union and associated bodies, demonstrating how it has enabled African leaders to work cooperatively to exercise their leadership roles.

Africa and the Legitimacy of the icc in Question

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandiaye Niang
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
International Justice ◽  
African Union ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Current Challenge ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

This article focuses on the current challenge facing the International Criminal Court (icc), as its legitimacy is questioned by an increasing number of African countries. This challenge is all the more sensitive, when the African Union forum appears to act as an official platform giving credence to, and indeed amplifying, the echo of these opposing voices. Do those African countries or African leaders have a point when they complain about selective prosecutions targeting only Africans? If so, are there any effective remedies that could alleviate their concerns, while not compromising the need for justice? What is the way forward for the icc if this institution is to build a future in and with Africa? This article does not provide definitive answers to these questions. It attempts to shed light upon avenues that might be worthwhile exploring, to build consensus and to marshal some much-needed support for international justice.

Taking Stock of United Nations and African Union Constitutionalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
W. D. Lubbe ◽  
Otto Spijkers
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
African Union ◽  
Constitutional Order ◽  
Common Values ◽  
Global Constitutionalism ◽  
The Common ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Supranational Institutions ◽  
The Way

Both the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) present themselves as a constitutional order, in the sense that they both set out to define the common values of their community – the global and African communites respectively – and to establish supranational institutions to promote and protect these values within their community. Because the two legal orders have a similar ambition, we believe it is interesting to analyse how the two can learn from and complement each other in the way they further define and specify that ambition, and in the way they attempt to concretise and implement it. We thus seek to establish the extent to which global constitutionalism and African regional constitutionalism can strengthen each other in the promotion of key constitutional values. In so doing the article will, inter alia, look at challenges and contestations faced by the UN and AU in their efforts to promote one such constitutional value which they have in common: the value of human dignity.

An African Perspective on Global Governance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kwasi Tieku ◽  
Linnéa Gelot
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
African Union ◽  
Global System ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
The Way

This chapter examines the challenging idea of an African perspective on global governance. The extraordinary diversity of continental Africa in terms of religious beliefs, political institutions, social structures, and economic outlooks makes it a daunting task to discern a distinct African perspective. To avoid overgeneralization, homogenization, and essentialization of the different views that may exist, the chapter focuses on the African Union (AU) to represent a collective African position on global governance, arguing that global governance is thus viewed in relational terms. In this context, the steering capacity (i.e. governance) is the responsibility of the entire community and not the responsibility of a select few. This collectivist-driven conception of global governance is reflected in the way African states seek to exercise their agency on global issues and in the global system. The relational idea adds another dimension to the rationalistic ideas embedded in conventional narratives of global governance.

scholarly journals Towards a Right to Resist Gross Undemocratic Practices in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (S1) ◽  
pp. 81-105
Author(s):  
Pacifique Manirakiza
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
African Union ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Political Sovereignty ◽  
African Charter ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe adoption of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) has been a milestone for the transformation of Africa's political landscape. This instrument seeks to expand on the ideals of liberal democracy enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union and other African fundamental instruments. The ACDEG seems to pave the way for the right to democracy for Africans, which entails, inter alia, political sovereignty of African citizens. The latter have clearly and vigorously exercised their sovereignty through elections when given such an opportunity. However, in some instances, African citizens resorted to popular uprisings in cases of gross violations of their democracy-related rights. With reference to the recent popular uprisings and coups (or attempted coups) in Africa, this article enquires, from a human rights perspective, whether ACDEG or other instruments, enshrine a right to resist gross undemocratic practices underpinning the right to democracy.

Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on the Economy of African States

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-139
Author(s):  
Benjamin Enahoro Assay
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
African Union ◽  
Free Trade Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

The failure of some African Union member-nations including Nigeria to endorse the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) that would create one of the largest free trade areas in the world has provoked a lot of controversies that are yet to be resolved. While some of the relevant stakeholders in the countries that have refused to sign the treaty are urging the heads of their countries' governments to withhold assent until when all the contending issues regarding the AfCFTA are amicably settled, others desire to have the agreement signed in order to harness its benefits for the continent. As the controversies rage, it appears that the implementation of the much awaited agreement has been put on hold, thus thwarting the progress of the continent. This chapter therefore wades through the controversies and points the way ahead for the AfCFTA to be acceptable by all.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

What is the purpose of cognition?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aba Szollosi ◽  
Ben R. Newell
Keyword(s):  
Infinite Number ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
The Way

Abstract The purpose of human cognition depends on the problem people try to solve. Defining the purpose is difficult, because people seem capable of representing problems in an infinite number of ways. The way in which the function of cognition develops needs to be central to our theories.

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