On Wednesday, 22nd February 2017, a court in South Africa’s administrative capital Pretoria ruled the state’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as unconstitutional. In October 2016, South Africa announced that it was leaving the ICC on the grounds that its membership hindered its efforts to help resolve conflicts in Africa.

In October 2016, South Africa announced that it was leaving the ICC on the grounds that its membership hindered its efforts to help resolve conflicts in Africa.

Opposition party Democratic Alliance, which took the government to court, argued that Minister Michael Masutha acted unlawfully by announcing the withdrawal without seeking parliamentary approval. Judge Phineas Mojapelo stated that the power to conduct international treaties belonged to the executive, but such agreements must go before parliament.

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