Promoting Accountability under International Law for Gross Human Rights Violations in Africa ─ Essays in Honour of Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow

Promoting Accountability under International Law for Gross Human Rights Violations in Africa reflects primarily upon the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in challenging impunity for serious crimes committed in Rwanda in 1994. The authors, among whom are leading scholars and practitioners of international law, draw lessons for future tribunals such as the permanent International Criminal Court.

Charles Chernor Jalloh, B.A. (Guelph) LL. B. (McGill) B.C.L (McGill) M.St. (Oxon), is an Associate Professor at Florida International University College of Law, Miami, USA and founding editor of theAfrican Journal of Legal Studies and the African Journal of International Criminal Justice. His previous experience includes service in the Canadian Department of Justice, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.Alhagi B.M. Marong, LL.B. Hons. (Sierra Leone) LL.M. (McGill) D.C.L (McGill), is a Legal Affairs Officer at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. He has worked in, among others, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and taught at the American University of Armenia, in Yerevan.