Al-Bashir: SA to rethink International Criminal Court role

By Mike Cohen from Bloomberg
Omar al-Bashir
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

South Africa will review its participation in the International Criminal Court, a minister said, a day after a High Court criticized the government for allowing Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir to leave the country.

The government needs to balance its commitment to the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, and the African Union, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe told reporters Thursday in Cape Town.

President Jacob Zuma’s administration allowed al-Bashir, who’s been indicted by the ICC for war crimes and genocide, to leave South Africa on June 15 in defiance of a High Court order to bar his departure.

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