This book concentrates on the crisis perpetrated by the Boko Haram
group in Nigeria, which since 2009 has made a definitive impact on
both the domestic and international criminal landscape. The volume
centres on three core issues: first, an assessment of the criminal
legal responses at the domestic level, where the legal
characterization of the conducts in question, including an evaluation
of the state of specific domestic prosecutions, are assessed.
Secondly, the book gauges the potential for international criminal
justice while evaluating the Boko Haram situation at the International
Criminal Court. This includes an assessment of the jurisdictional
aspects, the admissibility, and the interests of justice requirements
in addition to the appraisal of conducts amounting to war crimes and
crimes against humanity perpetrated. Finally, the book explores
possible non-prosecutorial responses in the form of classic and
non-classic transitional justice mechanisms that maybe utilized as a
response to the crisis in Nigeria. Furthermore, it draws instructive
lessons from Nigeria’s past misadventure with specific transitional
justice mechanisms while exploring the realities of utilizing the
restorative justice mechanisms available in Nigeria. The volume
concludes by calling for a victim-centred approach in the discourse
around the Boko Haram crisis. This book presents a definitive study of
the history of the development of Boko Haram and the related domestic
and international criminal legal issues. Researchers and anyone
seeking to understand the Boko Haram crisis in relation to
international criminal law, including those looking for a clear
overview of the criminal conduct perpetrated by Boko Haram in Nigeria
and a view of Nigeria’s domestic legal regime, will benefit from the
information on offer. Victoria Ojo-Adewuyi is a lawyer, called to the
Nigeria Bar in 2012. She obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B)in
2011 from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (Nigeria), obtained
a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M) from the University of the Western
Cape, Cape Town (South Africa) and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
under the South African-German Centre for Transnational Criminal
Justice in 2016, and completed her doctorate in International Criminal
Law at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) in 2022.
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ISBN
9789462656154
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
T.M.C. Asser Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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