The politics of moving on: Legitimacy and contestation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kenya

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• Dr Njoki Wamai, University of Cambridge
• Monday 13 February 2017, 17:00-18:30
• Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT.

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‘Moving on’ was the most dominant response to the ICC intervention among those most affected by the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya. ‘Moving on’ became an overarching narrative anchored on local realities of moral reciprocity, material and political interests. This narrative inevitably eroded the legitimacy of the ICC . This paper presents evidence on contestation of the Court’s legitimacy from below.

This talk is part of the Centre of African Studies Lent Seminar Series series.

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