If Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir visited South Africa while the country was withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the government would still be obligated to arrest him. Also, given the process would take more than 12 months to complete, the country still had to uphold its responsibilities in terms[…]
The ANC wants South Africa to begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it believes the ICC has lost its direction, the party’s international relations subcommittee chairperson Obed Bapela said on Sunday. “The principles that led us to be members [of the ICC] remain valid[…]
The ANC wants South Africa to end its membership of the International Criminal Court because of what it calls the institution’s arrogance. “The manner that we were treated around the [President Omar] al-Bashir incident is consistent with the cheeky arrogance that Africa has experienced in its interaction with the ICC,”[…]
The government has filed a notice applying for leave to appeal a ruling that it should have detained Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who was in South African for an African Union summit. Al-Bashir was meant to be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ”It was filed yesterday at[…]
Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki is scheduled to make the State of Palestine’s first submission to the International Criminal Court in the Hague on Thursday in pursuit of war crime charges against Israel. The PA foreign minister and a high-profile delegation are expected to arrive at the office of[…]
The International Criminal Court is “dangerous” and South Africa should withdraw from it, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday, defending the government’s decision not to arrest indicted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. President Jacob Zuma and the ANC have come under fire for allowing Bashir, who faces charges of[…]
Government has “categorically denied” weekend reports that it plotted the safe passage of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. “Government has noted reports in the media claiming that security cluster ministers held a secret meeting to protect and give safe passage to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The report relies on nameless and[…]
The calls for African states to withdraw as signatories of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court should not be seen as an attempt to counter a perceived bias against Africa, but rather to continue the notions of impunity, according to a prominent law expert. The issue of Africa’s[…]
President Jacob Zuma and four Cabinet ministers hatched a plot to ensure Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s safe travel out of South Africa, it was reported on Friday. Al-Bashir slipped out of the country moments before judges in the High Court in Pretoria ordered he be arrested. The Sudanese leader was[…]
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is also the African Union (AU) chair, says Africa must establish its own International Criminal Court (ICC) which would be mandated to prosecute Western leaders who have committed crimes on the continent. According to the state-owned Chronicle newspaper, Mugabe said it was high time Africa[…]
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