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"It is close to a decade now that tensions continue to obstinately persist between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the African Union (AU) to the point of numerous threatened en masse withdrawals by African States from the Rome Statute. The latter of which have been vociferously outed and spurred on by the African Union. This, automatically following in the wake of an all exclusive African caseload comprising influential African Heads of State, all of whom have been indicted by the ICC. As a result of these ongoing tensions a legitimacy crisis of the ICC in Africa has been predicated on this basis with the foremost accusation labeling the ICC as a neocolonialist organization bent on derailing peace and sovereignty in Africa. Hurled accusations like these, against the Court, has propelled a negative perception of the ICC in Africa which accordingly and likewise brings with it the question whether the ICC is able to effect legitimate, meaningful and effective justice in Africa?"--

International criminal courts --- Restorative justice --- Organizational legitimacy --- Tribunaux pénaux internationaux --- Justice restorative --- Légitimité organisationnelle --- International Criminal Court. --- African Union --- Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law --- Human rights --- International Criminal Court --- Africa --- Fundamentele rechten en vrijheden. --- Oorlogsrecht. Humanitair recht. --- Afrikaanse Unie. --- Internationaal Strafhof. --- Afrika.