Bulletin n. 1/2015 | ||
June 2015 | ||
Dire Tladi |
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The Immunity Provision in the AU Amendment Protocol Separating the (Doctrinal) Wheat from the (Normative) Chaff | ||
in Journal of International Criminal Justice , vol. 13, no. 1 , 2015 , 3-17 | ||
In July 2014, the African Union adopted a new Protocol amending the Protocol on the African Court. In doing so it included a provision stating that certain state officials shall be immune from prosecution during their tenure of office. This article discusses whether the immunity provision is a reflection of customary international law or whether, on the contrary, it violates international law and undermines the Statute of the International Criminal Court. | ||