“In coming here Omar al-Bashir was arrogant, but his arrogance was supported by the fact that he knew he had the support of the South African executive.” This was the view of Institute for Security Studies senior researcher, Ottilia Anna Maunganidze amidst criticism over government’s failure to act on a[…]
National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise would not allow questions about Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s controversial visit to South Africa to be asked during Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s question and answer session on Wednesday. Ramaphosa was asked by DA NCOP member Jacques Julius why government allowed Al-Bashir to leave[…]
Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday that some of the most powerful nations’ refusal to comply with the International Criminal Court had created an environment for South Africa to allow Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir into, and out of, the country. “These powerful nations have created the rationale for[…]
South Africa had violated international law not once but at least three times with its treatment of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, said Professor Bonita Meyersfeld from the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. “The first violation was when South Africa allowed him in in the first place and[…]
The South African government must investigate the departure of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday, as the High Court in Pretoria ruled that he should, in fact, have been arrested. In a ruling read to the court by Judge President Dunstan Mlambo, who with Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba and[…]
The High Court in Pretoria on Sunday granted an interim order preventing Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir from leaving South Africa, pending an urgent application for his arrest. The application would be heard at 3pm. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) is asking Judge Hans Fabricius to enforce two arrest warrants against[…]
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said she is weighing opening war crimes investigations into Palestinians as well as Israelis after Palestine joined the tribunal’s jurisdiction last month. Fatou Bensouda rejected Israeli fears of bias by the court, promising to consider the evidence “independently and impartially without fear or[…]
A spokesperson for the Royal Zulu household said on Thursday that the monarch would not be drawn to comment on a complaint of hate speech laid against King Goodwill Zwelithini by a Nigerian human rights organisation with the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We will only respond once we have received[…]
The Palestinian Authority is providing new documents to the International Criminal Court to speed up a preliminary probe into possible Israeli war crimes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Malki said Monday.The probe, which was opened on Jan. 16 by ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, is not a full investigation but[…]
Israel denounced the Palestinian decision to join the International Criminal Court in order to seek to prosecute Israeli officials as hypocritical. “The Palestinian decision to join the ICC to initiate judicial proceedings against Israel is political, cynical and hypocritical,” the foreign ministry said. Palestine formally joined the ICC Wednesday in[…]
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