Forget The ICC: Let Africa Revive Its Traditional Justice Systems

Forget The ICC: Let Africa Revive Its Traditional Justice Systems Ronald Elly Wanda, 2010   Since its creation in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has worked to bring the perpetrators of some of the most serious crimes to justice. The ICC is currently working its way through five criminal cases in five countries, all African. Ronald Elly Wanda argues that the court’s system of trial and justice doesn’t fit in with traditional African legal systems based in culture, history and...

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