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The future of international criminal justice: civil society, complementarity and the case of South Africa

Abstract This article demonstrates that a vital ingredient (in South Africa – and, it is predicted, elsewhere) for the success of international criminal justice, will be the strength and advocacy of civil society actors in demanding action from law enforcement authorities in the incorporation and operationalisation of a state's (or continent's) commitment to international criminal justice. What is abundantly clear is that Africa is where international criminal justice – a relatively new phenomenon – is taking stride. And South Africa, through a combination of its progressive International Criminal Court implementation legislation and its leading role on a continent whose regional body has shown a resistance to the ICC, has been placed at the heart of the action.