Laurent Gbagbo's trial and the indictment of the International Criminal Court : A Pan-African victory / Gnaka Lagoké, Lincoln University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lagoké, Gnaka, author.

Series:

Series in social equality and justice.

Series in social equality and justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gbagbo, Laurent, 1945---Trials, litigation, etc.

Gbagbo, Laurent.

International Criminal Court.

Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Netherlands--Hague.

Trials (Crimes against humanity).

War crime trials--Netherlands--Hague.

War crime trials.

Crimes against humanity--Côte d'Ivoire.

Crimes against humanity.

Political violence--Côte d'Ivoire.

Political violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The International Criminal Court (ICC), created in 2002 to combat impunity, projects a sense of unfairness and stirs an unending debate. A trial before the court epitomizes the controversy surrounding it, perceived as a neocolonialist tool in the hands of the most powerful nations. This research critically examines the trial of the former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo. The two-decade crisis in Ivory Coast was a series of armed, diplomatic, and political conflicts in which human rights were violated by all sides. Military confrontation resumed as a result of an electoral stalemate that followed a controversial presidential election in the fall of 2010. The most atrocious human rights abuse was perpetrated at the end of March 2011 by the rebel forces backed by the French and the United Nations troops: the massacre of Duekoue. In one day, hundreds of Laurent Gbagbo's followers were killed. However, the ICC undertook a selective prosecution against Gbagbo's camp. After a trial of eight years, Laurent Gbagbo was finally acquitted. The news of his unanticipated acquittal shocked the world. Later, that decision was overturned and transformed into freedom with binding and coercive conditions by the Appeals Chamber, which had succumbed to political pressure. The former president of Ivory Coast spent months of confinement in Belgium until the Appeals Chamber rebutted the prosecutor's appeal against his release and confirmed his total acquittal and that of Ble Goude. He eventually went back to Ivory Coast on June 17, 2021. The trial of Laurent Gbagbo before the ICC, despite his acquittal (a tardy one), reflects a series of biases germane to international law and international justice, such as the victor's justice stance, the conflict between national law and international law, the question of sovereignty, and the issue of lawfare. The trial of Laurent Gbagbo, which was the hallmark of the selective international justice system embedded in unfairness, led to a historical landmark with his shocking acquittal, which led to the indictment of the International Court, whose fate has thus been sealed before history." -- Back Cover.

Contents:

Anatomy of a conflict

International justice and the International Criminal Court

The ICC and Ivory Coast : justice, peace, and neo-colonialism

Laurent Gbagbo's trial, testimonies, acquittal, and the decision

The decision, the prosecutor's appeal, and the Appeals Chamber's judgement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781648896354

1648896359

OCLC:

1376194259