Among international criminal tribunals (ICTs), the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the first time introduced victim participation and reparations for victims. Against potential African withdrawals from the ICC-Statute, this article seeks to demonstrate the need to retain membership of the ICC under victim-oriented considerations. Despite its deficits and limitations, the ICC is arguably an important judicial forum for victims of mass atrocities committed in Africa for three arguments. First, human rights are invoked as a standard to examine the legitimacy of the decisions of the ICC, African Union (AU), and African states. Second, international and African regional human rights law on victim rights binds African states. Third, since AU regional criminal justice initiatives present important deficits and limitations in terms of victim rights, they are unfit to replace the ICC.

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为什么要保留国际刑事法院的成员资格？

在国际刑事法庭 (ICT) 中，国际刑事法院 (ICC) 首次引入了受害者参与和对受害者的赔偿。针对非洲可能退出《国际刑事法院规约》，本文试图证明在以受害者为导向的考虑下保留国际刑事法院成员资格的必要性。尽管存在缺陷和局限性，但国际刑事法院可以说是一个重要的司法论坛，供在非洲犯下的大规模暴行的受害者提出三个论点。首先，人权被援引作为审查国际刑事法院、非洲联盟（AU）和非洲国家决定的合法性的标准。第二，关于受害者权利的国际和非洲区域人权法对非洲国家具有约束力。第三，由于非盟区域刑事司法举措在受害者权利方面存在重大缺陷和限制，