Tladi, Dire2016-02-122015-03Tladi, D 2015, 'The immunity provision in the AU Amendment Protocol : separating the (doctrinal) wheat from the (normative) chaff', Journal of International Criminal Justice, vol. 13, no.1, pp. 3-17.1478-1387 (print)1478-1395 (online)10.1093/jicj/mqu081http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51331In July 2014, the African Union adopted a new Protocol amending the Protocol on the African Court. In doing so it included a provision stating that certain state officials shall be immune from prosecution during their tenure of office. This article discusses whether the immunity provision is a reflection of customary international law or whether, on the contrary, it violates international law and undermines the Statute of the International Criminal Court.en© The Author (2015). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of International Criminal Justice following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is : The immunity provision in the AU amendment protocol : separating the (Doctrinal) wheat from the (Normative) chaff, Journal of International Criminal Justice, vol. 13, no.1, pp. 3-17, 2015. doi : 10.1093/jicj/mqu081, is available online at : http://jicj.oxfordjournals.org.Immunity provisionAU Amendment ProtocolPostprint Article