Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said South Africa took a decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in October 2016
THERE were still ongoing discussions in the government in order to develop proposals on whether South Africa should retain its membership in the International Criminal Court .
He said South Africa has since sent a written notice to withdraw from the Rome Statute to the secretary-general of the UN. However, Gambia reversed its decision immediately after a newly elected government assumed power in February 2017 while Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the ICC.
He said the International Crimes Bill, introduced in Parliament in 2017, which is aimed to withdraw South Africa from the ICC, was still with the portfolio committee in Parliament. The African Union’s resolve to reform or transform the ICC from within rather than through withdrawals and the failure to provide an African alternative court to the ICC are some of the notable developments, the minister said.
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