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African leaders face accountability as sovereignty paradigm shifts with ICC intervention.

SSRN Electronic Journal
The 'African-State' Sovereignty in the 21st Century on Spotlight: Building Paradigms
Thomas Otieno Juma, Ken Oluoch

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The African state is redefining its sovereignty, focusing on individual leaders' rights in addition to state and citizen sovereignty. The paper examines how the International Criminal Court's intervention challenges this new perspective, questioning the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' universality principle. Africa's leaders may face scrutiny for their actions in light of this evolving understanding of sovereignty.