International Refugee Rights Initiative
Recommendations on Accountability in Africa
11 October 2013
A group of more than 20 African and international experts in international and transitional justice today issued a series of recommendations to the African Union, African member states, the International Criminal Court and the UN Security Council for a renewed approach to international justice issues in Africa.
The AU has consistently affirmed its commitment to the fight against impunity in Africa. This is reflected in Article 4(h) of the AU Constitutive Act which authorises the Union to intervene in situations of mass atrocity. The recommendations note that the standards and instruments adopted by African states recognise justice as a legitimate aspiration of African peoples and require all AU member states to ensure effective access for their citizens to capable, independent and effective national, regional, continental and international accountability mechanisms.
However, the gathered experts now call on the AU and African states to reaffirm this commitment. The recommendations critique the stance of the African Union and African states calling on them to show their commitment to ensuring accountability. At the same time, however, the recommendations recognise the legitimate concerns of African states with regard to the operation of the International Criminal Court and other international justice processes, but calls on these actors to raise their concerns in the appropriate fora. In addition, it calls on the International Criminal Court to take on board constructive criticism and to reform its operations to take on board legitimate critiques.
Read the full recommendations here: http://www.refugee-rights.org/htdocs/Assets/PDFs/2013/Arusha%20Meeting%2011%20October%202013%20Recommendations-FINAL.pdf.
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Michigan Guidelines on the Exclusion of International Criminals
By Colin Yeo
Free Movement blog
http://www.freemovement.org.uk/2013/10/09/michigan-guidelines-on-the-exclusion-of-international-criminals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FreeMovement+%28Free+Movement%29
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Dear all,
May be of interest. Looking at the responses to Lampedusa, I wrote a piece for LSE EUROPP Blog on the Europeanization of the migrant tragedy in Lampedusa and its strategic value for the EU: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2013/10/14/the-death-of-migrants-in-the-mediterranean-is-a-truly-european-tragedy/
All the best,
Nando
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Dr Nando Sigona
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