Proposed legislation would have led to SA revoking its membership of the International Criminal Court after hosting former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, whom the court had indicted fo alleged war crimes
Proposed legislation would have led to SA revoking its membership of the International Criminal Court after hosting former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, whom the court had indicted for alleged war crimesThe government withdrawn the International Crimes Bill that would have seen SA withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Picture: 123RF/EVGENYI LASTOCHKIN
The bill was introduced in 2017 after the ICC requested that SA arrest former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir while visiting the country for an AU summit in June 2015. The ANC had called for the establishment of an African structure that could hold its leaders accountable rather than relying on international bodies.
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