ICC judgement: ANC government must rethink the wisdom of ICC withdrawal
22 February 2017
The DA welcomes the judgement handed down this morning by the North Gauteng High Court confirming that the ANC-led government’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was unconstitutional, irrational and procedurally flawed.
This is a victory for the rule of law the and indeed for our country’s human rights-based foreign policy which Zuma and his cronies have tried so hard to depart from.
The ANC-led government now has an opportunity to reconsider the wisdom of withdrawing from the ICC and we urge them to do so.
South Africa is currently out of step with other progressive and democratic African countries who have reaffirmed their commitment to the ICC.