Volume 5, Issue 1, 2024, pp. 18-32

ABSTRACT: The study explores International Crime and armed conflict reconstruction adjudication practices within the African context. It answers the extent to which both the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Western Darfur case referral to the International Criminal Court’s practices is consistent with Human Right-Based Approach principles, and the deterrent effect of these adjudication measures towards sustainable peace development. It employs a qualitative content analysis approach and a case study design respectively. It reveals the consistency of the Special Court for Sierra Leone practices with human rights principles, whereas the Western Darfur case referral practices appear the opposite. Largely, the Special Court for Sierra Leone’s two-pronged approach (the primacy principle) to International Crime adjudication ensures the realization of human rights principles, whereas the International Criminal Court’s complementarity principle as applied in Western Darfur obstructs justice. Therefore, the two-pronged approach should be the premium in international criminal justice administration to ensure sustainable peace development.