Fanning Off the Sparks: Kenyas Dilemma to Cooperate with ICC or Ignore Arrest Warrant to Save Relations with Sudan

by Lawrence Mwagwabi

Overview

Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, University of Nairobi (Diplomacy and International Studies), course: Diplomacy, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses the conflict between Customary International Law and the Rome Statute. It explains the dilemma Kenya finds itself in its commitment to the ICC warrant of arrest on Bashir, on one hand, and its diplomatic relations with Sudan. It further discusses the geopolitics of the horn of Africa and its implication on Kenya's court decision to prefer warrant of arrest on President Al-Bashir should he set foot in Kenya. It concludes that the Kenyan courts find itself passing a decision that is very difficult to implement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783656129547
Publisher:	GRIN Verlag GmbH
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	CIANDO
Format:	eBook
Pages:	7
File size:	141 KB