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Oumar Ba is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University. His primary research focuses on issues of law, violence, race, humanity, and world order in the context of global politics. He is the author of 'States of Justice: Politics of the International Criminal Court' published by Cambridge in 2020. His writings have appeared in notable journals such as Human Rights Quarterly and PS: Political Science & Politics, along with contributions to major media outlets like Foreign Policy and the Washington Post. Currently, Ba is engaged in significant projects exploring the genealogy of the international criminal justice system and its racialized hierarchy, with a focus on proposing alternatives informed by Global South perspectives. He emphasizes the importance of decentering traditional hegemonic narratives and seeks to highlight the voices from the Global South in the context of decolonization processes.
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