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‘Africa's Justice, Not ICC’: Legal Expert on Why Continent Needs Its Own Solutions
‘Africa's Justice, Not ICC’: Legal Expert on Why Continent Needs Its Own Solutions
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The call for a fundamental restructuring of international justice is growing louder across Africa, with a prominent legal mind arguing that the continent must... 30.07.2026, Sputnik Africa
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‘Africa's Justice, Not ICC’: Legal Expert on Why Continent Needs Its Own Solutions
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The call for a fundamental restructuring of international justice is growing louder across Africa, with a prominent legal mind arguing that the continent must withdraw en masse from the Rome Statute to build a homegrown judicial system that truly addresses its unique challenges.
For years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been a lightning rod for controversy in Africa, with critics pointing to a perceived bias in its prosecutions and a disconnect from local realities. Now, a leading barrister has issued a compelling challenge that Africa must stop looking to Europe for solutions to its problems and instead forge its own continental criminal justice framework.In this episode of the Redrawn Africa podcast, Barrister Andrew Emwanta—an African constitutional lawyer and president of the African Public Interest Lawyers Union—criticizes the current international legal order, making a detailed case for African self-reliance in matters of justice and accountability.He further argues that the continent's future lies not in reforming a distant institution but in building a new one from the ground up.Listen to the full discussion on the Redrawn Africa podcast, presented to you by Sputnik Africa.In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on Telegram.
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‘Africa's Justice, Not ICC’: Legal Expert on Why Continent Needs Its Own Solutions
The call for a fundamental restructuring of international justice is growing louder across Africa, with a prominent legal mind arguing that the continent must withdraw en masse from the Rome Statute to build a homegrown judicial system that truly addresses its unique challenges.
For years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been a lightning rod for controversy in Africa, with critics pointing to a perceived bias in its prosecutions and a disconnect from local realities. Now, a leading barrister has issued a compelling challenge that Africa must stop looking to Europe for solutions to its problems and instead forge its own continental criminal justice framework.
In this episode of the Redrawn Africa podcast, Barrister Andrew Emwanta—an African constitutional lawyer and president of the African Public Interest Lawyers Union—criticizes the current international legal order, making a detailed case for African self-reliance in matters of justice and accountability.
He further argues that the continent's future lies not in reforming a distant institution but in building a new one from the ground up.
''I expect by now more African countries will withdraw from the status of the Rome so that we can now have a homegrown court. And I can assure you that once that court is there, other countries of the world will take a cue from what we are doing in Africa so that every region should have their own criminal justice system at the continental level to deal with their own homegrown situations. Because it is only in Africa that we can find solutions to our problems. We cannot find the solutions in Europe because that would be recolonization. Any attempt to do that will amount to recolonization,'' Emwanta added.
Listen to the full discussion on the
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