The Uneasy Evolution of International Criminal Justice in Africa in an Age of Impunity: Issues, Lessons, and Prospects

The Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study 
(together with the Center on the Global Legal Profession, African Studies Program, and Center for Constitutional Democracy) presents a lecture by
E R N E S T   K O F I   A B O T S I 
The Uneasy Evolution of International  Criminal Justice in Africa in an Age of Impunity:
Issues, Lessons, and Prospects

The development and consolidation of international criminal justice in Africa has been challenged by complex political, legal and social matrixes peculiar to the African region. Significantly, however, key players have continued to ignore the unique juridical nature of international criminal law as an emergent institution within the scope of general international law and how this institution fits within different regions of the world. This lecture explores the issues incumbent on the international criminal justice project in Africa.

Ernest Kofi Abotsi is a prominent lawyer and a lecturer at the faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) and the Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) in Ghana.  He holds an LL.B degree from the University of Ghana, Legon, a BL from the Ghana School of Law, and an LLM from Harvard Law School.  Abotsi is an accomplished scholar and public intellectual who specializes in constitutional and comparative law and frequently comments on the state of law, policy, and social developments occurring both in Ghana and in other parts of Africa.  He will visit the Institute March 26-April 1, 2011.  For more information contact his primary sponsor, Jayanth K. Krishnan (jkrishna@indiana.edu), the Maurer School of Law, or the Institute.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - Noon - Faculty Conference Room 335 - Maurer School of Law, IUB