Article
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Advancing International Criminal Justice
African Journal of International Criminal Justice
(2015)
Abstract
This article examines the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in
advancing international criminal justice. I argue that NGOs have had considerable
impact by contributing, among other things, to the global struggle against impunity
through advocacy for the creation of more robust institutional mechanisms to prosecute
those who perpetrate such crimes. This ranges from supporting the processes
that led to the creation of several ad hoc international tribunals for Yugoslavia,
Rwanda and Sierra Leone, all the way through to their support for the establishment
of an independent permanent international penal court based in The Hague.
The crux of my claim is that a historically sensitive approach to evaluating the role
of NGOs in international governance shows that these entities are not only willing,
but also capable of enhancing the protection of human rights and international
criminal justice especially but not exclusively in less developed regions of the world.
Keywords
- Organizations,
- Human Rights Law,
- International Law: History
Disciplines
Publication Date
2015
Citation Information
Charles Chernor Jalloh, The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Advancing International Criminal Justice, 2015 AJICJ 47, 76 (2015).