Bulletin n. 2-3/2013
February 2014
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Williams Sarah
    The Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegalese Courts: An African Solution to an African Problem?
    in Journal of International Criminal Justice , Vol. 11, Num. 5, December 2013 ,  2013 ,  1139-1160
    The establishment of the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Senegalese Courts (EAC) concludes over two decades of efforts to secure a mechanism for the trial of Hissene Habré. The EAC breaks new ground on international criminal justice in Africa in several ways. The Habré trial represents the first trial by an African state of a former head of state of another African state. As the first internationalized tribunal to have been established with the involvement of the African Union, the EAC will also provide valuable insight into what a regional approach to internationalized justice may look like. Furthermore, the EAC sets a precedent for the creation of an internationalized criminal tribunal that operates exclusively on the basis of universal jurisdiction. This article examines a number of legal issues raised by the establishment of the EAC, including its proper characterization as an international criminal tribunal; the reasons for the minimalist approach to the inclusion of international features; the reliance on universal jurisdiction as the basis for an international or internationalized criminal tribunal; and the consistency of the EAC Statute with the nullum crimen sine lege principle.
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