Africa: Think Again - the ICC Can Bring South Africa Back Into the Fold

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Courtroom 2D of the North Gauteng High Court may be 13 000 kilometres away from The Hague, but the judgment handed down there this week could well determine the future of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In a unanimous verdict, Mojapelo and his two fellow judges found that South Africa's decision to withdraw from the ICC was unconstitutional and therefore invalid. He ordered that the notice of withdrawal, which was delivered to the United Nations Secretary General in October, be revoked forthwith.

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