The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) intervention in Kenya’s 2007/2008 political crisis was reframed as neocolonialism by two of the accused – Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto – and their allies for most of their pre-trial and trial timelines. This article examines the grounds for and impacts of the neocolonial narrative, which was central to the accused overcoming their ICC stigma. Shamed by the ICC’s indictments, Kenyatta, Ruto and their allies formed the Jubilee Alliance, whose neocolonial narrative dominated national and regional discourses on Africa–ICC relations. This article’s discussion of the ICC’s counter-shaming in Kenya supports previous analyses that demonstrate how international criminal justice is undermined in local spaces. The article contrasts Kenya’s and Sudan’s experiences, highlighting the salience of the former’s neocolonial narrative in departing from cooperation as opposed to Sudan’s outright defiance after Omar al-Bashir’s indictment. The article suggests a need for more sophisticated comparative analysis of various country strategies. It specifically posits that for the Jubilee Alliance, the neocolonial narrative was salient in the Alliance’s struggle against cooperation due to the narrative’s multiple intentions and outcomes: persuading targeted local constituencies while delegitimizing the ICC, gaining concessions from some ICC sympathizers and courting regional solidarity in battling the ICC. Given the Kenyan experience, the ICC and its supporters need to be aware of different ways in which local actors can manoeuvre the Court’s moral authority and normative imperative.

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将国际刑事法院的干预视为新殖民主义：肯尼亚的教训

国际刑事法院 (ICC) 对肯尼亚 2007/2008 年政治危机的干预被两名被告——乌胡鲁·肯雅塔 (Uhuru Kenyatta) 和威廉·鲁托 (William Ruto) 及其盟友在大部分预审和审判时间表中重新定义为新殖民主义。本文探讨了新殖民主义叙事的理由和影响，这是被告克服国际刑事法院耻辱的核心。因国际刑事法院的起诉而蒙羞，肯雅塔、鲁托和他们的盟友组成了禧年联盟，其新殖民主义叙事主导了关于非洲与国际刑事法院关系的国家和地区话语。本文对国际刑事法院在肯尼亚的反羞辱的讨论支持了先前的分析，这些分析表明国际刑事司法如何在当地空间受到破坏。文章对比了肯尼亚和苏丹的经历，强调前者的新殖民主义叙事在背离合作方面的显着性，而不是在 Omar al-Bashir 被起诉后苏丹的公然反抗。本文建议需要对各种国家战略进行更复杂的比较分析。它特别假设对于禧年联盟而言，由于叙述的多重意图和结果，新殖民主义叙事在联盟反对合作的斗争中尤为突出：说服目标选区同时使国际刑事法院合法化，从一些国际刑事法院的同情者那里获得让步，并在战斗中争取地区团结国际刑事法院。鉴于肯尼亚的经验，国际刑事法院及其支持者需要了解当地行为者可以通过哪些不同的方式来操纵法院的道德权威和规范要求。