Professor Dutton's Research on International Criminal Court Takes Her to Kenya
08/14/2015
Professor Yvonne Dutton is recently returned to IU McKinney from a trip to Kenya, where she conducted research on the impact of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the domestic protection against human rights abuses.
“This trip involved elite interviews to gather background, etc.,” Professor Dutton said. “The next phase of the project will begin in the Fall and will involve sending out local researchers to conduct interviews with ‘ordinary citizens’ in different areas of Kenya that experienced the violence in the aftermath of the 2007 presidential elections. The ICC prosecutor used his proprio motu powers in 2010 to bring cases against some Kenyan leaders for their roles in the violence.”
The project is being funded by The Hague Institute for Global Justice. The local partner on the project is NPI-Africa (Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa).
Professor Dutton is the author of Rules, Politics, and the International Criminal Court: Committing to the Court, published by Routledge Press in 2013. She is a Dean’s Fellow and a Grimes Fellow who teaches comparative law, international law, international criminal law, evidence, criminal law, and criminal procedure at IU McKinney. She received the Red Cane Award for Best new Professor in 2015.
