African politics; criminal justice; International Criminal Court ICC; accountability for international crimes; Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; International Criminal Court and complementarity; principle of complementarity; policy reforms in Africa; Africa’s national courts; international law

Lubaale, Emma Charlene and Dyani-Mhango, Ntombizozuko (eds.) (2022) National Accountability for International Crimes in Africa. Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0) . Palgrave Macmillan - Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3030880439; 978-3030880446; 978-3030880460

Duress, International Criminal Court, Defences

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2025) The Defence of Duress: inconsistent International Criminal Court rulings and National Law guidance. Criminal Law Forum. pp. 1-34. ISSN 1046-8374 (Print), 1572-9850 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10609-025-09517-2)

Forced Marriage, Fair Trial, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, Legality

Okeyo, Julian Rebecca and Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2024) Should Human-Rights treaties define the international crime of forced marriage? Should Human-Rights Treaties Define the International Crime of Forced Marriage?, 45 (4). pp. 789-805. ISSN 1682-5853 (Print), 2709-555 (Online)

Global North bias, African legal perspectives, Western legal frameworks, Third World approaches, International Law, applicable law

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2025) The enduring imperial character of International Criminal Law: the ICC’s conviction cases. International Criminal Law Review. ISSN 1567-536X (Print), 1571-8123 (Online) (doi:10.1163/15718123-bja10246)

Kwoyelo, sentencing, Uganda, International Crimes

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2025) The conviction and sentencing of ex-rebel, Thomas Kwoyelo, 15 years on. Opinio Juris.

cannabis; decriminalisation; international law; personal use; Prince; South Africa

Lubaale, Emma Charlene and Mavundla, Simangele Daisy (2019) Decriminalisation of cannabis for personal use in South Africa. African Human Rights Law Journal, 19 (2). pp. 819-842. ISSN 1609-073X (Print), 1996-2096 (Online) (doi:10.17159/1996-2096/2019/v19n2a13)

crimes against humanity; forced marriage; international criminal law; individual criminal responsibility; principle of legality; nullum crimen sine lege

Okeyo, Julian Rebecca and Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2024) Beyond legality: the historical disregard of the principle of legality and its impact on forced marriage prosecution in international criminal law. Fundamina, 30 (1). pp. 68-115. ISSN 1021-545X (Print), 2411-7870 (Online) (doi:10.47348/FUND/v30/i1a3)

gender, crime, international law

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2025) Gender-Based Crimes in International Law. In: Peters, Anne, (ed.) Oxford Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). Oxford University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0199689651 (In Press)

homemaker, contribution, matrimonial property, divorce, Uganda, Women, substantive equality

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2025) Substantive equality for women in distribution of matrimonial property: Uganda’s contribution-based approach. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 39 (1):ebaf001. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1360-9939 (Print), 1464-3707 (Online) (doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebaf001)

judgments, publication, children, anonymity, Uganda, defilement, Global South

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2025) Anonymity in judgment: safeguarding children's rights in Uganda and the Global South. International Journal of Children's Rights, 33 (4). pp. 925-951. ISSN 0927-5568 (Print), 1571-8182 (Online) (doi:10.1163/15718182-33040006)

mandatory pro bono, enforcement deficit, Uganda

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2026) Uganda’s mandatory pro bono: compulsion without consequence. In: Whalen-Bridge, Helena, (ed.) Beyond Mandatory Pro Bono: Compulsory Lawyer Mechanisms in Access to Justice. Cambridge University Press (CUP), Cambridge, pp. 1-20. (In Press)

nakedness, woman, Africa, protest, criminalisation, disinformation, Uganda

Lubaale-Anyasi, Emma Charlene and Sanyu, Penelope (2025) Silencing the African woman’s body: protest, disinformation and criminalisation. Femme Forte.

polygamy, human rights, women, Uganda

Lubaale-Anyasi, Emma Charlene, Kwagala, Primah and Rukirabashaija, Kakwenza (2025) Consent cannot cure harm: an International Human Rights Law critique of Uganda’s polygamy ruling. In: Lubaale-Anyasi, Emma Charlene, Kwagala, Primah and Rukirabashaija, Kakwenza, (eds.) seminal Papers on Polygamy, Cultural Freedoms, and Gender Justice: Insights from Uganda's Constitutional Court. The Women’s Probono Initiative (WPI), Kampala, Uganda, pp. 6-20. (doi:https://womenprobono.org/download/seminal-papers-on-polygamy-cultural-freedoms-and-gender-justice-insights-from-ugandas-constitutional-court/)

relational autonomy, consent, English criminal law, intimate relationships, serious harm

Lubaale, Emma Charlene (2026) Relational autonomy and consent in cases of serious harm. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 85:100857. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1756-0616 (Print), 1876-763X (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100857)

sexual violence, gender, Cabo Degado, Mozambique

Lubaale, Emma Charlene and Akia, Brenda (2024) Chapter 8. Sexual and gender-based violence in Cabo Delgado implications for international humanitarian law and international criminal law. In: Svicevic, Marko and Bradley, Martha M., (eds.) Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Regional Security. Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa (1). Taylor and Francis Group - Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon; and New York, pp. 121-138. ISBN 978-1003317647; 978-1032329895; 978-1032329901 (doi:10.4324/9781003317647)