Rights groups condemn SA plan to withdraw from International Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says there are questions about whether the SA government in terms of its own laws when it commenced the process of leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC). The withdrawal "shows startling disregard for justice from a country long seen as a global leader," HRW said in a statement. The international rights organisation says it is important that the country’s hard-won legacy of standing with victims of mass atrocities be restored Amnesty International said South Africa was "betraying millions of victims of the gravest human rights violations and undermining the international justice system". SA’s withdrawal has dealt a major blow to a troubled institution set up to try the world’s worst crimes. The ICC has been accused of bias, and has failed to conclude some cases.
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