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Title
African states and the sociological legitimacy of the International Criminal Court |
Full text
http://scripties.let.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/Master/ResearchMaster/ModernHistoryInterna/2012/KnottnerusA.S./ |
Date
2012 |
Author(s)
Knottnerus, Abel S. |
Abstract
The mounting tension between African states and the International Criminal Court casts a dark shadow over the Court's tenth anniversary. Since the Prosecutor's application for an arrest warrant against the Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir in July 2008, African states have expressed their concerns and indeed frustrations about the Court. The purpose of this thesis is to explain what these proclaimed concerns and frustrations might imply for the sociological legitimacy of the Court. In contrast to most preceding studies on sociological legitimacy in the international realm, this thesis embarks upon this task by analysing the legitimacy perceptions of African states. Unmistakably, these perceptions are subjective qualities and are as such not readily accessible for outside-observers. However, although scholars cannot make conclusive statements about the legitimacy perceptions of African states, they can come up with reasonable assumptions about what African states perceive as legitimate and what this might imply for the sociological legitimacy of the Court. This thesis proposes that such reasonable assumptions can be derived from the specific contexts in which African states have expressed their concerns and frustrations about the Court and from the wider political space in which African states operate. |
Language
en |
Repository
Groningen - University of Groningen
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