Émilie Matignon est doctorante en Droit et Sciences Criminelles à l'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA) et travaille sur le thème de la justice transitionnelle au Burundi (sous la direction de Robert Cario et le co-encadrement de Christian Thibon).

 

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International Justice for Atrocity in Africa? The International Criminal Court, African Governments and Sustainable Peace

The action of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa is often criticized for its partiality and as being a tool in the hands of a hegemonic neocolonialism. Despite those critics, which are sometimes caricatural, the analysis of the intervention of the first permanent institution for international criminal justice is crucial to understand the dilemma and contradictions arising between the theory and the practice of transitional justice. This paper will discuss the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa, with particular reference to the process of Transitional Justice (TJ) in Burundi. The main topics of this paper consider the relationship between the ICC and the peace-justice dilemma, as well as critical analysis of this peace-justice dichotomy in light of TJ processes more broadly.

Émilie Matignon is a PhD candidate in Laws in Criminal Sciences at Pau University (France) and study the Transitional Justice in Burundi. under the supervision of Prof. Robert Cario and Prof. Christian Thibon.

MAMBO! presents recent researches from IFRA associated scholars

Workingpaper downloadable on the Ifra's Website.