The DA and the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) have gone urgently to the Constitutional Court to challenge the government’s decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying its decision to withdraw without Parliament’s approval is unconstitutional. The withdrawal notice — sent to the UN last week — has been condemned by opposition parties and legal organisations. The DA wants the highest court to declare the withdrawal notice and the Cabinet decision to issue it invalid; and to order the government to revoke it. Casac’s case — separately filed on Monday — was based on a similar argument that only Parliament could take SA out of an international treaty that it had ratified.
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