This article considers the African Union’s (AU) proposal for a regional court for international crimes under the Malabo Protocol 2014 (Protocol). It places that within the AU’s rejection of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for African Heads of States that are not party to the Rome Statute and a more general protection of incumbents. It argues that the enthusiasm for establishing a regional criminal court, which lacks jurisdiction to prosecute incumbents, has not been sustained and African states remain committed to the ICC. It shows that nevertheless the Protocol’s provisions on genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, although imperfect, better address the specific character of armed conflicts in Africa than current international law, including the Rome Statute of the ICC. It concludes that the regional court for international crimes is unlikely to be established unless the ICC takes further action against incumbent leaders but that the Protocol’s provisions could be used in the development of a more Africa-centric international law.

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非洲的国际刑法危机：一个地区性的应对机制？

本文考虑了非洲联盟 (AU) 关于根据 2014 年马拉博议定书（议定书）设立国际犯罪区域法院的提案。它将这一点置于非盟拒绝国际刑事法院 (ICC) 对非《罗马规约》缔约方的非洲国家元首的逮捕令以及对现任者的更广泛保护的范围内。它认为，建立一个缺乏起诉现任者管辖权的地区刑事法院的热情没有持续下去，非洲国家仍然致力于国际刑事法院。它表明，尽管如此，议定书关于灭绝种族罪、危害人类罪和战争罪的条款虽然不完善，但比包括国际刑事法院罗马规约在内的现行国际法更能解决非洲武装冲突的具体特点。