Africa has recently been in the news. The crisis of cooperation between the ICC and the African Union (AU) regarding the prosecution of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for international crimes has almost reached an impasse. This book investigates the reasons for the AUs emerging resistance and concludes that, while the AU is not averse to individual criminal accountability for perpetrators of gross violations of human rights in the Region, its cooperation with the international criminal justice may continue to be adversely affected by: (1) the involvement of the West in armed...