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Deputy President Paul Mashatile will preside over an Inter-Ministerial Committee to consider South Africa’s options for participation in the International Criminal Court (ICC).

to consider South Africa’s options for participation in the International Criminal Court .

However, the government believes it has other options to explore, especially given that Russia never ratified the agreement to become a member. “The Committee will attempt to avert a repeat of the 2015 blunder to arrest former Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir. South Africa was thrust into the global spotlight after it failed to arrest al-Bashir in accordance with ICC laws. The international statutory body found the country had failed in its duty to arrest the former Head of State, when he was in the country, a finding echoed by a South African court. An incident that Ntshavheni describes as embarrassing.

 

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