OUTLINE

1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
2. INTRODUCTION
3. OVERVIEW AND OPERATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
4. HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
5. JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
6. GENOCIDE
7. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
8. WAR CRIMES
9. CRIME OF AGGRESSION
10. THE PREVALENCE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES IN AFRICA
11. RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR LEARNING SUPPORT
12. TASK
13. RESEARCH TOPIC
14. MCQs

1. LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this session, interns are expected to;

1.0      Appreciate the history of International Crimes.

1.1       Define International crimes;

1. Genocide
2. Crimes against Humanity

• War Crimes

1. Crime of Aggression.

• Read and study resource materials to form a comprehensive knowledge of the Operations of the International Criminal Court.

• Analyze complex problems in the relevant legal areas studied, apply the legal principles studied to these problems, evaluate competing solutions and arguments, and present well-supported conclusions, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrate comprehensive, accurate knowledge and understanding of international crimes and form a critical judgement on its prevalence in Africa and possible elimination.

• Identify sources for research and further develop a strategy for research.
• Go through the task with much understanding.

2.0      INTRODUCTION

After the Second World War which took place between 1939-1945, the Allied powers (Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, the United States and China) launched the first international war crimes tribunal, known as the “Nuremberg Trials”, to prosecute top Nazi officials. Then in the 1990s, national governments came up with the idea of a permanent Court to hold perpetrators of international crimes to account. The United Nations had previously set up an ad hoc international criminal tribunals, to deal with war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, but many international law experts considered them inefficient and inadequate deterrents.

Specifically, Trinidad and Tobago requested that the UN commission look into the creation of a permanent Court in 1989. Years after the request was made, such efforts gained support, especially in Europe and Africa. Presently, African countries make up the largest bloc of International Criminal Court (ICC) members. Moreover, the European Union is also a foremost supporter of the Court; it adopted a binding policy in support of the ICC in 2011.

The ICC, established in 2002, seeks to hold to account those guilty of some of the world’s worst crimes, these crimes include war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and crime of aggression. Believers in the purpose of the Court say it deters would-be war criminals, bolsters the rule of law, and offers justice to victims of atrocities.

3.0 OVERVIEW AND OPERATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

General Overview of the International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent international Court that has been established to investigate, prosecute and try individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole, namely the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.[1]  The Court’s establishment is provided for in Article 1 of the Rome Statute:

An International Criminal Court (the Court) is hereby established. It shall be a permanent institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern, as referred to in this Statute, and shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions. The jurisdiction and functioning of the Court shall be governed by the provisions of this Statute.[2]

The ICC is a subject of International Law.[3] An international legal person enjoys rights and carries out duties directly under international law, and has the general capacity to act upon the international plane. The concept of international personality is thus derived from international law. Sovereign independent States are the principal subjects of that law. Conversely, intergovernmental organizations are often seen as derivative subjects of international law with their legal personality stemming from their recognition by member States.[4] The status of the ICC as a subject of international law is spelt out in Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which states: “The Court shall have international legal personality. It shall also have such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purposes”

However, it cannot be said that the ICC has unlimited international legal personality. General international legal personality applies only to sovereign States as the principal subjects of international law. In the other cases, the international subjectivity is a partial one, depending on the powers which have been conferred upon the legal person in question.[5] The three essential powers of an international legal person are the treaty-making power, the right to entertain diplomatic relations with other subjects of international law, and active and passive international responsibility. It has been said that these powers are even intrinsically linked with international legal personality.

Certainly, some provisions presuppose the treaty making power of the ICC, Article 2 of the Statute refers to a relationship agreement to be concluded between the ICC and the United Nations. In addition to this, the Court is empowered, according to Article 3, para. 2, of the Statute, to enter into a headquarters agreement with the Netherlands, the host State of the ICC.[6]

Furthermore, Article 87, para. 5 (a), of the Statute allows the Court to conclude an agreement with any State not party to the Statute on international cooperation and legal assistance. Also, Rule 16, Sub-rule 4, of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence envisages the conclusion of agreements between the Court and States to protect vulnerable or threatened witnesses. Moreover, it will also be necessary for the ICC to entertain diplomatic relations. The Statute, starting from the principle of complementarity and extending to the enforcement stage, is based on an intimate interrelation between the national and the international level. In practice, the smooth operation of the international criminal justice system can be enhanced only by regular contact between the ICC and States. Hence, the entertainment of diplomatic relations would be fully in line with the ICC’s functions.

Finally, it is difficult not to recognize the active and passive international responsibility of the ICC, even though this attribute is not dealt with in any great detail in the Statute. Issues of international responsibility will arise above all, within the framework of international cooperation and the enforcement regime under Parts 9 and 10 of the Statute. The most important and simultaneously most difficult scenario will be the failure of States to live up to their respective duties.

4.0      History of the International Criminal Court

The background of the establishment of the Court can be traced to the twentieth-century conflicts, when some of the most heinous crimes were committed. Regrettably, many of these violations of international law have remained unpunished. Steps were however taken to remedy this with the establishment of the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals in the wake of the Second World War. In 1948, when the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted, the United Nations General Assembly recognised the need for a permanent international Court, to deal with the kinds of atrocities which had just been perpetrated. After the Brussels Protocol, the Manuals on the Laws of War on Land were drafted in 1880.[7] This manual went on to become an archetype for the conventions adopted at the Hague peace conferences of 1889 and 1907.[8] During the second Peace Conference of The Hague, a Convention[9] which imposed obligations on States for breaching international law was adopted.

In addition to this, The Treaty of Versailles[10] which played an important role in ending the first World War, is remarkable in the development of international criminal law. Pursuant to Article 227 of the Treaty of Versailles, a tribunal was created to try German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II.[11] Even though the trial never occurred, it spread awareness across the globe that people could be held accountable for crimes at an international level.[12]

The idea of a system of international criminal justice re-emerged after the end of the Cold War. However, while negotiations on the ICC Statute were underway at the United Nations, the world was witnessing the commission of heinous crimes in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In response to these atrocities, the United Nations Security Council established an ad hoc tribunal for each of these situations. In 1948, the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted.[13] This became the first convention to recognize genocide as a crime under international law. This move then led to the adoption of other treaties such as the Geneva Conventions, and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime[14], in the years that followed.

However, there was still no Court to try these crimes recognized under international law.  From 1948 to 1993, the questions of the possibility of an international judicial organ were examined by the International Law Commission, invited by the United Nations General Assembly. [15]  The International Law Commission, a body of legal experts, was given the task in 1948 to examine the possibility of an international criminal Court to try such crimes.[16]Although the Commission created a draft statute, the proposal was not considered until years later.[17]

The international conference that was held in Rome on July 17, 1998, witnessed intense negotiations; 120 countries voted to adopt the treaty, 123 states are parties to the treaty as of December 2021, and 32 States have signed but have not ratified it.  Sixty-six countries – six more than the threshold needed to establish the Court, ratified the treaty on April 11, 2002. This meant that the ICC’s temporal jurisdiction commenced on July 1, 2002. In February 2003, the Court’s Assembly of States Parties – the ICC’s governing body, elected the Court’s first eighteen judges. The resulting high-quality and diverse judicial bench (the Judges include 7 women and represent all the regions of the world), were sworn into office on March 11, 2003, in The Hague, the seat of the Court.[18]

Moreover, each state party has to adopt laws that set out how the state is going to implement its obligations under the Rome Statute. Such laws cover, for example, the technicalities of the cooperation between the state and the Court, and define the crimes covered by the Rome Statute. Such laws are often called “implementing legislation.”

5.0      Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

The Court will prosecute the most serious crimes that are of concern to the international community. It has the mandate to try individuals rather than States, and to hold such persons accountable for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. These are crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crime of aggression.

6.0      Genocide

Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word γένος (genos, “race, people”) with the Latin suffix -caedo (the act of killing). He believed that if he could find the right word that would unite people, it would ignite people to come together to stop these crimes.

According to Article 6 of the Rome Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group:

1. Killing members of the group;
2. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
3. deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
4. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
5. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

This definition of genocide is based on the definition found in the 1948 United Nations Convention, on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which confirmed genocide as a crime under international law in the aftermath of the Holocaust.[19]

7.0      Crimes Against Humanity

Article 7 prohibits “Crimes against humanity” which include any of the following acts committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:

1. Murder;
2. Extermination;
3. Enslavement;
4. Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
5. Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
6. Torture;
7. Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
8. Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
9. Enforced disappearance of persons;
10. The crime of apartheid;
11. Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to the body or mental or physical health

8.0      War Crimes

War crimes cover grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, and in conflicts “not of an international character” listed in Article 8 of the Rome Statute, when they are committed as part of a plan, or policy, or on a large scale. These prohibited acts include:

1. Murder;
2. Mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
3. Taking of hostages;
4. Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population;
5. Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historical monuments or hospitals;
6. Pillaging;
7. Rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, or any other form of sexual violence;
8. Conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years into armed forces or groups, or using them to participate actively in hostilities among others.

9.0      Crime of Aggression

An amendment to article 8 was adopted on 11 July, 2010, at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala, Uganda. This amendment, which has now been ratified by 41 states as of February 2021, covers the definition and conditions for the crime of aggression.

Crime of aggression is now defined in Article 8 bis (second) of the Rome Statute as the planning, preparation, initiation or execution, by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a State, of an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations. An act of aggression refers to the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 8 bis (1) also provides that any of the following acts, regardless of a declaration of war, shall, in accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, qualify as an act of aggression:

1. The invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State, or any military occupation, however temporary, resulting from such invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof;
2. Bombardment by the armed forces of a State against the territory of another State or the use of any weapons by a State against the territory of another State;
3. The blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State;
4. An attack by the armed forces of a State on the land, sea or air forces, or marine and air fleets of another State;
5. The use of armed forces of one State which are within the territory of another State with the agreement of the receiving State, in contravention of the conditions provided for in the agreement, or any extension of their presence in such territory beyond the termination of the agreement;
6. The action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another State, to be used by that other State for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third State;
7. The sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries, which carry out acts of armed force against another State of such gravity as to amount to the acts listed above, or its substantial involvement therein.

10.0          THE PREVALENCE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES IN AFRICA

International crimes are indeed prevalent in Africa, Timothy J. Strapleton has noted that from Namibia to Darfur, most genocides or alleged genocides in modern history have taken place in post-colonial Africa.[20] Claims have been made that in the southern region of the Sudan, two million people who belonged to various 

. In the early 1970s, over 150 thousand Hutu people were killed by Tutsi people in Burundi, by order of General Michel Micombero.[25]

A more recent incidence of genocide in Africa was the Rwanda genocide in 1994, when members of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered as many as 800,000 people, mostly of the Tutsi minority. Started by Hutu nationalists in the capital of Kigali, the genocide spread throughout the country with shocking speed and brutality, as ordinary citizens were incited by local officials and the Hutu Power government to take up arms against their neighbours. By the time the Tutsi-led Rwandese Patriotic Front gained control of the country through a military offensive in early July, hundreds of thousands of Rwandans were dead, and 2 million refugees (mainly Hutus) fled Rwanda, exacerbating what had already become a full-blown humanitarian crisis.[26]

Statista[27] estimated the percentage risk of genocide happening in Sub Sahara African countries between 2020 and 2021, with the Democratic Republic of Congo having the highest risk at 10.3%, then Nigeria at 7.3% and Somalia at 7.2%.[28] Moreover, the attempt to ensure justice for international crimes in most African countries have been frustrated. For instance, dozens of persons suspected of criminal responsibility for crimes under international law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, remain at large in the Central African Republic (CAR).[29]

In 2021, according to Statista, the Democratic Republic of the Congo had the highest organized crime index in Africa. Nigeria ranked second being the headquarter of Boko Haram terrorist group, the country faces high levels of crime, violence, and poor national security, and ranked third in the global terrorism index phrase[30] in 2020, after Afghanistan and Iraq. It was identified human and arms trafficking crimes as particularly widespread on the continent.[31]

11.0     RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR LEARNING SUPPORT

https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library

https://www.aba-icc.org/about-the-icc/evolution-of-international-criminal-justice/

www.history.com/topics/africa/rwandan-genocide

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/central-african-republic-dozens-suspected-of-criminal-responsibility-for-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-remain-at-large/

https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/africa/icc0904/icc0904.pdf

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998, UN Doc. A/CONF.183/9.

Sascha Rolf Lüder, ‘The Legal Nature of the International Criminal Court and the Emergence of Supranational Elements in International Criminal Justice’, (2002) 84 IRRC 79.

Timothy J. Strapleton, A History of Genocide in Africa (1 volume, ABC-CLIO 2017).

12.0    TASK

1. Explain the justification of the need for an International Court.
2. Explain the basic difference between crimes against humanity and genocide.

13.0    RESEARCH TOPIC

The International Criminal Court in Africa: A Trojan Horse or an Adjuvant?

14.0    MCQs

1. When was the International Criminal Court established?
2. 1998
3. 2000
4. 2001
5. 2002

2. Which treaty established the International Criminal Court?
3. The Lagos Convention
4. The Rome Statute
5. The Hague Statute
6. The Geneva Convention
7. The International Criminal Court is located in?
8. New York
9. London
10. Netherlands
11. Switzerland
12. When did the ICC’s temporal jurisdiction commence?
13. July 1, 2002
14. July 5, 2002
15. February 1, 2003
16. March 11, 2003
17. What is the special mens rea generally required for a war crimes conviction?
18. Defendant must be aware that an armed conflict is ongoing
19. Defendant must be aware of a widespread systematic attack
20. Defendant must intend to destroy a protected group, in whole or in part
21. Defendant must intend to further military objectives
22. Under the Rome Statute definition of crimes against humanity, does an attack require some level of organization?
23. No, it can be widespread rather than systematic.
24. Yes, but even an informal organization would qualify, if it is capable of committing mass crimes.
25. Yes, it must be committed by a State or State like organization.
26. No, certain acts, such as murder, can be committed by one person.
27. Article 7 prohibits “Crimes against humanity” which include any of the following acts committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack, except:
28. Rape
29. Deportation
30. The Crime of Apartheid
31. None of the above

8. What is the statute of limitation that applies to crimes under the Rome Statute?
9. 25 years
10. 10 years
11. 15 years
12. None of the above
13. Which of the following crimes was not prosecuted at the Nuremberg trials?
14. Crimes against peace
15. Crimes against humanity
16. Genocide
17. War crimes

10. The former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda graduated from a Nigerian university True or False?
11. Which of the following is an important difference between international and domestic
12. criminal law?
13. Domestic criminal law can be implemented by domestic courts, whereas
14. international criminal law is only used by international tribunals
15. International criminal law is only applicable in times of armed conflict, while
16. domestic criminal law is always applicable
17. The objective of international criminal law is deterrence, while the objective of
18. international criminal law is retribution
19. The corpus of international criminal law only includes four crimes, whereas
20. thousands of acts are criminalised in most domestic systems
21. Which of the following is an important difference between international and domestic
22. criminal law?
23. Domestic criminal law can be implemented by domestic courts, whereas
24. international criminal law is only used by international tribunals
25. International criminal law is only applicable in times of armed conflict, while
26. domestic criminal law is always applicable
27. The objective of international criminal law is deterrence, while the objective of
28. international criminal law is retribution
29. The corpus of international criminal law only includes four crimes, whereas
30. thousands of acts are criminalised in most domestic systems

f Which of the following is an important difference between international and domestic

criminal law?

1. Domestic criminal law can be implemented by domestic courts, whereas

international criminal law is only used by international tribunals

1. International criminal law is only applicable in times of armed conflict, while

domestic criminal law is always applicable

1. The objective of international criminal law is deterrence, while the objective of

international criminal law is retribution

1. The corpus of international criminal law only includes four crimes, whereas

thousands of acts are criminalised in most domestic systems

11. Which of the following is an important difference between international and domestic
12. criminal law
13. Which of the following is an important difference between international and domestic
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[1]The International Criminal Court, ‘Understanding the International Criminal Court’ available at https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library accessed 11 November 2021.

[2] Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998, UN Doc. A/CONF.183/9.

[3] Sascha Rolf Lüder, ‘The Legal Nature of the International Criminal Court and the Emergence of Supranational Elements in International Criminal Justice’, (2002) 84 IRRC 79.

[4] Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law (5th edn, Oxford University Press 1998).

[5]  R. Jennings and A. Watts (eds), Oppenheim’s International Law I (9th edn, Longman/ London/New York, 1996).

[6] K. Dörmann, ‘The first and second sessions of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court’ (1999) 2 YIHL 238.

[7] George H. Aldrich, ‘The Laws of War on Land’ (2000) 64 The American Journal of International Law available at  www.jstor.org/stable/2555230  accessed 24 November 2021.

[8] Leslie Green, ‘War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Command Responsibility’ (1997) 2 Naval War College Review  68.

[9] Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 18 Oct. 1907.

[10] The League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919

[11] ABA-ICC Project, Evolution of International Criminal Justice available at  https://www.aba-icc.org/about-the-icc/evolution-of-international-criminal-justice/ accessed 24 November 2020.

[12] Ibid.

[13] UN General Assembly, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 9 December 1948, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 78, p. 277, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3ac0.html  accessed 26 November 2021.

[14] UN General Assembly, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly, 8 January 2001, A/RES/55/25, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f55b0.html accessed 26 November 2021.

[15]  Establishment of an International Criminal Court, https://legal.un.org/icc/general/overview.htm accessed 26 November 2021.

[16] Ibid

[17] Ibid

[18] Human Rights Watch, ‘The International Criminal Court: How Nongovernmental Organizations Can Contribute To the Prosecution of War Criminals’ available at https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/africa/icc0904/icc0904.pdf accessed 11 November 2021.

[19] Human Rights Watch (n 82) 5

[20] Timothy J. Strapleton, A History of Genocide in Africa (1 volume, ABC-CLIO 2017)

[21] Jacey Fortin and Jeffrey Gettleman, ‘South Sudan Slides Close to War as Gunfire Rumbles in its Capital’ New York Times (New York, 11 July 2016) www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/world/africa/south-sudan-civil-war-fighting-hundreds-dead-kiir-machar-juba.html accessed 23 December 2021.

[22] Lydia Polgreen, ‘Congo’s Death Rate Unchanged Since the War Ended’ New York Times (New York, 23 January 2008) www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/world/africa/23congo.html accessed 23 December 2021.

[23] Michael T. Kaufman, ‘Idi Amin, Murderous and Erratic Ruler of Uganda in the 70’s Dies in Exile’ New York Times (New York, 17 August 2003) www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/world/idi-amin-murderous-and-erratic-ruler-of-uganda-in-the-70-s-dies-in-exile.html accessed 23 December 2021.

[24] Associated Press, ‘Former Ugandan President,  Prime Minister Milton Obote’ Washington Post (Washington, 12 October 2012) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101917.html accessed 23 December 2021.

[25] Marvine Howe, ‘Slaughter in Burundi: How Ethnic Conflict Erupted’ New York Times (New York, 11 June 1972) www.nytimes.com/1972/06/11/archives/slaughter-in-burundi-how-ethnic-conflict-erupted-slaughter-in.html accessed 23 December, 2021.

[26] The Rwandan Genocide (History, 30 September 2019) www.history.com/topics/africa/rwandan-genocide accessed 23 December 2021.

[27] A recognized databased company.

[28] Risk of Genocide in Sub Sahara African Countries Between 2020 and 2021 (Statista, February 2021) https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201886/risk-of-genocide-in-sub-saharan-africa/ accessed 24 December 2021.

[29] Central African Republic: Dozens Suspected of Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Remain at Large {Amnesty International, 21 December 2021) www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/central-african-republic-dozens-suspected-of-criminal-responsibility-for-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-remain-at-large/ accessed 24 December, 2021.

[30] Global Terrorism Index 2020, Top 50 Countries (Statista, November 2020) www.statista.com/statistics/271514/global-terrorism-index/ accessed 25 December 2021.

[31] Organised Crime Index in Africa as of 2021, by Country (Statista, 6 December 2021) www.statista.com/statistics/1223810/countries-with-the-highest-organized-crime-index-in-africa/ accessed 25 December 2021.