Presentations at Conferences/ Taught Short Courses
- Conference Paper Title: Africa and the development of international criminal law: a search for African Approaches to International Law; Centre for Human Rights, University, Pretoria University South Africa, Kéba Mbaye Conference African approaches to international law, with a focus on international human rights law
5 – 6 December 2018, - Summer School Lecture Title: An Overview of the International Criminal Court interventions in Africa , the Irish Centre for Human Rights Summer School, Republic of Ireland June 18-22 June 2018 http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=551
- Conference Paper Title: The Malabo Protocol - Is the African Union asserting an African institution for regional criminal justice or simply mimicking Western Models of criminal justice?- University of Zambia –School of Law-August 2017
- Visiting Lecturer: September 2015 University of Leuven, Belgium-Advanced Summer Course on Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice Human Rights for Development
First Lecture– From Impunity to Accountability: Amnesties and Criminal Justice
Second Lecture - The International Criminal Court and Africa - Conference Paper Title: Through Antonio Gramsci’s lens: Understanding the dynamic relationship between the African Union and the International Criminal Court: Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Kenya; 2014 International Conference of Transitional Justice in Post Conflict Society in Africa
- Conference Paper Title: The Proliferation of Courts in Africa. Paper: University of Tilburg, The Netherlands, International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) 2013 Transitional Justice Conference
- Conference Paper: Institute of Legal Practice and Development – Rwanda 2013 Conference on Setting a research agenda for the law, the criminology, the victimology, and the research methodology of international crimes Paper Title: The ICC, the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) and the Habré Hissané in Senegal: do crimes committed by Africans need to be dealt with through African mechanisms
List Of Publications
Book(s)
- James Nyawo Selective Enforcement and International Criminal Law-The International Criminal Court and Africa – Intersentia 2017 http://intersentia.com/en/selective-enforcement-and-international-criminal- law.html
Articles and Book Chapters
- Nyawo J, ‘Historical Narrative of Mass Atrocities and Injustice in Africa’ in Nmehielle O.V (eds), Africa and The Future of International Criminal Justice (Eleven International Publishing 2012)
- Nyawo J, ‘Risking Irrelevance: The Threat of Impunity to the African Union’, Jurist 4, August 2011 http://www.jurist.org/forum/2011/08/jamesnyawo-africa- justice.php
- Nyawo J, ‘Through Antonio Gramsci’s lens: Understanding the dynamic relationship between the African Union and the International Criminal Court’ in (Drs) James Stormes, S.J., Elias Opongo, S.J.,
- Peter Knox, S.J., & Kifle Wansamo, S.J (eds) Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies in Africa Edited by (Paulines Publications Africa 2015)
Blog Posts
- Nyawo J (2015) ‘Individual Criminal Responsibility for illegal use of force under international law. What role can International Criminal Law play before aggression is criminalized under the Rome Statute’, International Law Blog, 7 July. Available at: https://aninternationallawblog.wordpress.com/author/jamesnyawo/
- Nyawo J (2015) ‘Lockerbie Affair and African States’ early support for the
establishment of the International Criminal Court’, International Law Blog, 16 April. Available at: https://aninternationallawblog.wordpress.com/author/jamesnyawo/ - Nyawo J (2015) ‘The Empire strikes back- The International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor decisions on Kenyatta and the Situation in Darfur’, International Law Blog, 2 Feb 2015. Available at: https://aninternationallawblog.wordpress.com/author/jamesnyawo/
- Nyawo J (2015) ‘The Union of Comoros’s atypical referral to the International Criminal Court and the Office of the Prosecutor’s cryptic decision to end the preliminary examination on the Flotilla raid’, International Law Blog, 1 December. Available at: https://aninternationallawblog.wordpress.com/author/jamesnyawo/
- Nyawo J (2014) Ukraine and the Limits of Collective Security under International Law’, International Law Blog, 6 October. Available at https://aninternationallawblog.wordpress.com/author/jamesnyawo/
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