Africa: Enabling Constructive Debate About Africa's International Justice Concerns

26 November 2015
Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria)
press release

International criminal justice, particularly the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains politically contested in Africa. Through its research and access to decision makers in Africa and globally, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) stays abreast of the key legal and political issues, and provides a forum for critical and constructive debate.

On the opening day of the 14th Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the ICC, the ISS hosted a side-event on concerns with the ICC raised by South Africa and Kenya. Aptly titled, 'Muddying the water: interpreting the Rome Statute,' the event provided a much-needed platform for robust exchange on issues that were the source of some disquiet among ASP participants this year.

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