International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) and Post Conflict Peace Building Process in Liberia 2003-2013

Abstract

Liberia is a country located in West Africa, it has experienced two protracted civil wars, one from 1989 to 1996 and the second from 1999 to 2003. With the end of the first civil war, Charles Taylor emerged as the President of the country. His coming to power nevertheless came with lots of quagmire. However, after the first civil war, many peace building processes have been carried out to arrest the situation of incessant violence in the country, these processes to a relative extent was making progress in addressing the issues among the warring parties, but was interrupted by undue intervention. It is against this backdrop that the study therefore seeks to examine the International Criminal Court and post conflict peace building process in Liberia; 2003-2013. To achieve this, the study focused more on ascertaining whether the International Criminal Court intervention was favourable to peace building in Liberia within the year under review. The study adopted qualitative descriptive method of data collection and analysis. The Human Needs theory was also employed to aid the focus of the study. The study nonetheless adopted the One Group Pre Test Post Test design as the guiding blueprint to the work. In the course of the research work, we found that the ICC intervention was not favourable to the post conflict peace building in Liberia. We also found out that the ICC was not a credible factor for peace building in Liberia. Hence, the study recommends that for there to be an enduring peace in Liberia, the government should put in more efforts to putting an end to structural violence by adopting home grown programs and strengthening the independence the judiciary, thereby satisfying the human needs of the Liberians. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

1.1. Background of the Study 1

1.2. Statement of the problem 8

1.3. Objectives of the Study 19

1.4. Significance of the study 20

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review

2.1. I.C.C. intervention and its challenges in Liberia 21

2.2. I.C.C. intervention in Liberia and consequences of peace building in Africa 58

2.3. Gaps in Literature 70

CHAPTER THREE: Methodology

3.1. Theoretical Framework 71

3.2. Application of the Theory 74

3.3. Research Design 75

3.4. Methods of Data Collection 76

3.5. Methods of Data Analysis 77

3.6. Logical Data Framework 78

CHAPTER FOUR: Problems of ICC In Liberia Post –Conflict Peace-Building , 2006-2013

4.1 Problems of ICC in Liberia Post –Conflict Peace-Building , 2006-2013 81

4.2 The ICC: Problem of Funding and Politics of Indictment 86

4.3 The ICC in Africa: the Problem of Over Concentration in Africa 91

CHAPTER FIVE: Consequences of ICC Peace-Building Intervention In Liberia, 2006-2013

5.1 The Establishment of the Special Court of Sierra Leone 96

5.2 ICC : A Barrier to Peace and Reconciliation to other Peace –building Mechanisms in Liberia 101

5.3 The Arrest and Trial of Charles Taylor as a Factor for Peace in Africa 106

CHAPTER SIX : Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

6.1 Summary 116

6.2 Conclusion 117

6.3 Recommendations 119

Bibliography

Appendices