South Africa: Is Ramaphosa Still Kicking the ICC Can Down the Road?

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The Cyril Ramaphosa administration seems to be keeping South Africa guessing - perhaps deliberately - about whether or not it intends to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In December 2017, just before the African National Congress's (ANC) critical elective conference, the previous administration of Jacob Zuma tabled the International Crimes Bill. Its purpose was to withdraw South Africa from the ICC, repealing the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act which had incorporated the ICC's Rome Statute into South African law.

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