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[LISTEN] ICC: Arrest Omar al-Bashir if he sets foot in SA again
In April, South Africa appeared before the ICC where it defended its decision not to arrest the Sudanese leader.
On Thursday, the ICC will rule on whether South Africa was wrong not to detain Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during a 2015 visit to the country.
The party's sub-committee on international relations says government will follow the proper procedures to withdraw from the ICC.
The government is appearing before the court to explain why it did not arrest Omar al-Bashir when he attended the African Union summit in Johannesburg in 2015.
A South African delegation is appearing before the International Criminal Court to give oral submissions on why it did not arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa says the ICC matter opens up the debate as to whether Africa should be strengthening its own structures to deal with the continent's problems.
The North Gauteng High Court ruled last month that Parliament first has to approve the government's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.
Authorities have now formally revoked South Africa's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.
Freedom Under Law says government should use embrace the opportunity to reconsider SA's withdrawal from the ICC.
A top court ordered government to revoke the notice of intention to withdraw from the ICC on the basis that it was unconstitutional & invalid.
A court found that the executive violated the Constitution when it notified the UN of its withdrawal from the ICC without prior parliamentary approval.
On Wednesday, the High Court in Pretoria ruled that the notice to withdraw from the court was unconstitutional, invalid and must be revoked.
Government gave notice to withdraw from the ICC, claiming obligations to the court undermined international relations obligations.
Government was found to have violated the ICC Act by failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visited the country in 2015.
The Justice Minister briefed Parliament's portfolio committee on a bill that will give effect to Cabinet's decision to pull out of the ICC.
Government has been accused of acting in bad faith over its reasoning to the public for withdrawing from the International Criminal Court.
The DA says Parliament was bypassed when the executive made the decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.
The DA and several NGOs have applied to have government’s decision to withdraw from the ICC declared unconstitutional.
The DA has approached the High Court in Pretoria challenging the constitutionality of Cabinet’s decision to withdraw from the ICC.