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27 February 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in review: Court blow for South Africa and challenges facing CAR’s Special Court The transitional justice week was marked notably by a South African court’s decision that the country’s notification of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was unconstitutional. This is at least a victory for th [...]
24 February 2017 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Court ruling against ICC withdrawal an “embarrassment” for South Africa This week, the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, ruled that the government’s notification to the UN last October of its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was unconstitutional. South Africa’s announcement o [...]
22 February 2017 by AFP
S.African court rules against govt plan to pull out of ICC A South African court on Wednesday ruled the government's plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was "unconstitutional and invalid", providing a boost to the embattled Hague-based institution.The ICC has been [...]
14 December 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC calls S. Africa and UN to explain lack of cooperation on Bashir South Africa has been summoned to appear before the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 7, 2017, over its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in June 2015. The United Nations has also been cal [...]
4 November 2016 by Sarah Rayzl Lansky
Africa Speaks Out Against ICC Withdrawal The recent decisions by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) are generating wide attention and speculation about a mass exodus from the court by African countries.  But think it’s clear [...]
26 October 2016 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net editorial advisor
Could ICC withdrawal of South Africa and others spell more violence in Africa? How things have changed! It was an African country, Senegal, that was the first in the world to ratify on February 2, 1999, the statutes of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Driven by civil society, some 30 other African cou [...]
25 October 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, Arusha, Tanzania
African lawyers back the ICC A group of African personalities, including former key players in international criminal justice, have called on Burundi and South Africa to reconsider their decisions to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC).  Meetin [...]
24 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Will South Africa’s move to quit ICC spark "Afrexit"? South Africa has asked the United Nations to enact its withdrawal from the treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This came just days after Burundi’s parliament voted to withdraw from the Court. Battling against a juris [...]
24 October 2016 by FIDH
South African withdrawal from the ICC a deplorable departure from commitments to justice (The Hague, Pretoria, Paris) FIDH and Lawyers for Human Rights strongly deplore the unilateral move by the South African executive to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), and call on the South African Parliament t [...]
24 October 2016 by Human Rights Watch
South Africa: Continent Wide Outcry at ICC Withdrawal (Johannesburg) – South Africa’s announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a slap in the face for victims of the most serious crimes and should be reconsidered, African groups and international organizatio [...]
23 October 2016 by François Sergent
Week in Review: Burundi and South Africa move to quit ICC After Burundi, South Africa. One after the other, two African countries in a week decided to leave the International Criminal Court, decisions which could be infectious on a continent that is already suspicious and critical of the [...]
21 October 2016 by AFP
Africa in the dock at the ICC The International Criminal Court -- dealt a blow Friday with South Africa's decision to withdraw from the tribunal -- has launched nine investigations in eight African countries since its establishment in 2002. A 10th was opened i [...]
21 October 2016 by AFP
S.Africa to pull out of International Criminal Court South Africa announced Friday that it would withdraw from the International Criminal Court, dealing a major blow to a troubled institution set up to try the world's worst crimes. The decision followed a dispute last year when Suda [...]
11 July 2016 by AFP
France hands Mandela trial recordings to S.Africa French President Francois Hollande on Monday handed his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma the digitised recordings of the Rivonia Trial in which Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in jail. The deteriorating audio recordings o [...]
18 April 2016 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Editorial Advisor and associate professor at Neuchâtel University
Mixed Legacy for South Africa Truth Commission Twenty Years On Twenty years ago South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) started work to shed light on crimes committed under apartheid. Hundreds of victims and perpetrators came to testify voluntarily. This TRC is held up as an [...]
15 March 2016 by AFP
S.Africa's conduct 'disgraceful' in Bashir case, court says The South African appeal court Tuesday accused the government of "disgraceful conduct" in allowing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country despite an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bashi [...]
31 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project and associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Truth without Repentance in South Africa After former Yugoslavia last week, we continue our series on forgiveness with a look at the experience of South Africa and its Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1995-2002). Next week, we will wrap up with a conclusion covering [...]
15 June 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Bashir-ICC Fiasco Undermines South Africa, Says Africa Expert Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir flew out of South Africa on Monday, defying a court order for him to stay, as judges weighed up whether he should be arrested for alleged war crimes and genocide. The International Criminal Court [...]