Why Is The Hague Sitting on the Fence in Prosecuting Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria?

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African Journal of Legal Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-14 DOI:10.1163/17087384-12340086

Chijioke Egwu Ekumaoko, Kenneth Igbo Nwokike, Ozioma Victoria Uchime, Ikenna Ukpabi Unya, E. O. Agha

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Abstract

On 18 November, 2010 a preliminary examination of the situation in Nigeria was announced and for almost a decade, investigation has not yet begun. Ten potential cases have been identified, seven for Boko Haram and three for Nigerian Security Forces (NSF). This article investigates whether issues of complementarity and admissibility provide any legal barriers capable of withholding investigation; and whether granting national amnesty to Boko Haram can hinder investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court. It employs a qualitative methodological approach for investigation and evaluation regarding the issues discussed. It argues that the situation in Nigeria has met the entire legal framework for investigation and prosecution to proceed and that the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, Abu Musab AlBarnawi, and Abu Abdullahi Ibn Umar al-Barnawi, the Boko Haram leaders will weaken the group, and provide the needed external help and intervention desired to end the terrorism.

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为何海牙法庭在起诉尼日利亚博科圣地恐怖主义问题上犹豫不决?

2010年11月18日，宣布对尼日利亚局势进行初步审查，近十年来，调查尚未开始。已经确定了10起潜在案件，其中7起涉及博科圣地，3起涉及尼日利亚安全部队。本文调查互补性和可受理性问题是否提供了任何能够阻止调查的法律障碍；以及给予博科圣地全国特赦是否会阻碍国际刑事法院的调查和起诉。它采用定性方法对所讨论的问题进行调查和评价。它认为，尼日利亚的局势已经符合调查和起诉的整个法律框架，博科圣地领导人阿布巴卡尔·谢考、阿布·穆萨布·阿尔巴纳维和阿布·阿卜杜拉希·伊本·乌马尔·巴纳维的被捕将削弱该组织，并提供所需的外部帮助和干预，以结束恐怖主义。

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期刊介绍： The African Journal of Legal Studies (AJLS) is a peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary academic journal focusing on human rights and rule of law issues in Africa as analyzed by lawyers, economists, political scientists and others drawn from throughout the continent and the world. The journal, which was established by the Africa Law Institute and is now co-published in collaboration with Brill | Nijhoff, aims to serve as the leading forum for the thoughtful and scholarly engagement of a broad range of complex issues at the intersection of law, public policy and social change in Africa. AJLS places emphasis on presenting a diversity of perspectives on fundamental, long-term, systemic problems of human rights and governance, as well as emerging issues, and possible solutions to them. Towards this end, AJLS encourages critical reflections that are based on empirical observations and experience as well as theoretical and multi-disciplinary approaches.