INDEX Certificate ; Declaration ; Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; Abstract ; 1. INTRODUCTION; THE SPECTER OF JUSTICE: THE BITTERSWEET RELATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND KENYA ; I. AMIDST OPPOSITION ; II. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ; III. CONCLUDING REMARKS ; 2. CHAPTER I; KENYAN CASES AND ENSUING COMMOTION: EXAMINATION WITH EMPHASIS ON THE RELATION OF ICC AND AFRICA ; I. AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ; I I. BACKGROUND ; III. RESPONSE OF THE ICC PROSECUTOR ; IV. KENYAN CASE 1: FRANCIS KIRIMI MUTHAURA, UHURU MUIGAI KENYATTA AND MOHAMMED HUSSEIN ALI ; V. KENYAN CASE 1: WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO, HENRY KIPRONO KOSGEY, AND JOSHUA ARAP SANG ; VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS ; 3. CHAPTER II; VICTOR'S JUSTICE: THE KENYAN CASES AND THE ICC ; I. EARLY EXPERIENCES ; I I . KENYA ; III. CONCLUDING REMARKS ; 4. CHAPTER III; JUSTICE AND SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ATTEMPTS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS AT CONDUCTING TRIAL OF HEAD OF STATES ; I. INTRODUCTION: IMMUNITY EQUALS IMPUNITY? ; II. GENESIS OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY ; III. EMERGING PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY THAT STRIKE AT SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY; IV. INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS ; V. CRITICAL ANALYSIS ; VI. CONCLUSION ; 5. CHAPTER IV; KENYAN TRIAL AND DEFERRALS: REQUESTS MANIFOLD, LAW OBSCURE ; I. SECURITY COUNCIL DEFERRAL ; II. DEFERRALS IN KENYAN TRAILS ; III. POSITION OF REFERRAL BY WAKI COMMISSION ; IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS ; 6. CHAPTER V; SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION CASES BY THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: CRITICAL ANALYSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE KENYAN; CASES ; I. SOURCES OF STRATEGY ; II. SELECTION STRATEGY AT THE ICC (OTPL ; III. CHALLENGES ; IV. KENYAN CASES AND JUDGES ; v. CONCLUDING REMARKS ; 7. CONCLUSION ; 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY ; TABLES: TABLE 1: CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN KENYAN TRIALS ; TABLE 2: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS AND VICTORS' JUSTICE ; TABLE 3: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS AND SOVEREIGN IMMUNITX ; ANNEXURES: ANNEXURE 1 ; ANNEXURE 2.