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Monday, October 19, 2015
The International Bar Association (IBA) has expressed concerns over South Africa’s declaration that it intends to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, said it intends to withdraw from the ICC and is urging other African nations to do the same.
The IBA is rightly concerned as South Africa played a significant role in creating the ICC and was one of the first countries to ratify the Rome Statute that set up the court.
The resolution of the ANC, if adopted, will make South Africa the first nation to leave the fold of the ICC.
The IBA reiterates the importance of continued efforts to address the concerns of all African State Parties to the ICC and, to that end, calls upon national and international stakeholders to engage with the ANC to promote discussion between South Africa and the Court.
Obed Bapela, ANC foreign policy committee member, reportedly said that the resolution to withdraw from the ICC was passed because the ICC has ‘lost its direction’. The resolution comes after South Africa was criticized for its handling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the country earlier this year after the ICC had issued a warrant for his arrest for alleged war crimes and genocide committed in Darfur. Despite the warrant and a High Court ruling ordering the government to arrest him, Bashir was allowed to leave the country. Although South Africa was not the first country on the continent to receive Bashir without arresting him.
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