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43 N.C. J. Int'l L. 204 (2018)
The International Criminal Court: Biased against Africa or Weak towards the Powerful

handle is hein.journals/ncjint43 and id is 598 raw text is: The International Criminal Court: Biased Against Africa or Weak Towards the Powerful? Dr. Destaw A. Yigzawf I. Introduction ....................................204 II. A Long Road to the Hague .................. .....208 A. Nuremberg and Its Mixed Legacy ..............209 B. End the War: Cold or Hot ............. ......212 i. The ICC: Ideal and Reality .....................214 A. The Myth of Universal Justice ..... ........215 B. The Big Three .............................219 C. The U.S. Factor ................. ......221 III. Does Africa Have a Case Against the ICC? ...... .....223 A. Who is Afraid of Justice? .............. ......224 B. Selective Outrage over Selectivity .............225 C. Leave Strongmen Alone? .............. ......227 D. The Argument (or Lack Thereof) ..............229 E. Does Justice Spoil Peace? ............... ....230 F. Sovereignty .............................231 G. Racism/Imperialism .............. ...........231 H. Selective Justice is Still Justice ................234 I. Why Self-Preservation is the Real Issue .... .....236 V. Conclusion ....................................239 I. Introduction The International Criminal Court (ICC or Court) was established in July 1998 as the first permanent criminal tribunal with worldwide jurisdiction over genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity! In practice, however, the ICC has become a European court that prosecutes Africans:2 every inductee so far t Lecturer in Law, RMIT International University Vietnam. Email: destaw.yigzaw@rmit.edu.vn 1 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, art. 5(1), July 17, 1998, 37 I.L.M. 999, 2187 U.N.T.S. 90 https://www.icc-cpi.int/NR/rdonlyres/ADD16852-AEE9- 4757-ABE7-9CDC7CF02886/283503/RomeStatutEngl.pdf. 2 Situations Under Investigation, ICC, https://www.ice- cpi.int/pages/situations.aspx [https://perma.cc/AY4G-EGU8] (last visited Oct. 8, 2017).

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