South Africa: The ICC Deserves the Continued Support of SA and All Other Peace-Loving Nations

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Oscar van Heerden is wrong in his mischaracterisation of the nature of the jurisdiction of the ICC. It is a court of last resort. The ICC is only called upon to act when the criminal justice administration of states has broken down to such an extent that crimes against humanity and war crimes are not addressed by the criminal justice administration of the states in question.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a much-misunderstood independent body created in terms of the Rome Statute in 1998. Nothing demonstrates the force of this proposition more than the content of this week's Daily Maverick Opinionista piece penned by Oscar van Heerden.

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