Since 2009, there has been a serious antiparathesis between the African Union (AU) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), which, according to the AU, has principally concerned unjustified ICC prosecutions against African dignitaries. This has led certain African ICC parties to announce their withdrawal from it, while the AU adopted the so-called ‘ICC Withdrawal Strategy’ in January 2017. This article analyses the background to and the content of the antiparathesis, it examines the consequences of the African parties’ withdrawal from the ICC as regards the large-scale impunity in Africa, and it proposes the creation of ICC regional circuit chambers as a possible solution to realign relations between the AU and the ICC. Specifically, the proposal suggests the creation of several ICC regional circuit chambers, each being responsible for the alleged crimes committed in the territory of ICC parties belonging to a specific continent. Pertinent solutions to the institutional and practical issues arising from this proposal are offered.

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非洲国家退出国际刑事法院：好、坏还是不相关？

自 2009 年以来，非洲联盟 (AU) 和国际刑事法院 (ICC) 之间存在严重的对立关系，据非盟称，这主要涉及国际刑事法院对非洲政要的不正当起诉。这导致非洲国际刑事法院的某些政党宣布退出，而非洲联盟则于 2017 年 1 月通过了所谓的“国际刑事法院退出战略”。本文分析了反套列的背景和内容，并考察了其后果。就非洲大规模有罪不罚现象而言，非洲各方退出国际刑事法院，并提议设立国际刑事法院区域电路室，作为重新调整非盟与国际刑事法院关系的可能解决方案。具体而言，该提案建议创建几个国际刑事法院区域电路室，每个人都对在属于特定大陆的国际刑事法院当事方领土内犯下的罪行负责。提出了针对该提案产生的体制和实践问题的相关解决方案。