DA mounts court challenge to Cabinet decision to quit International Criminal Court
The DA applies for direct access to the Constitutional Court to challenge the Cabinet decision to pull SA out of the International Criminal Court
The Cabinet decision to end SA’s membership of the International Criminal Court was unconstitutional and a breach of the bill of rights‚ the DA argued in papers filed with the Constitutional Court on Monday. The DA filed an application for direct access to the court to challenge the Cabinet decision, which Justice Minister Michael Masutha announced on Friday. "The South African government delivered the notice of withdrawal without consulting with parliament‚ the only body that can give the executive a mandate to withdraw from the ICC, given the domestic legislative implications such a decision has‚" the DA said in a statement. "Withdrawing from the ICC would require parliament‚ specifically the National Assembly‚ to repeal the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 27 of 2002 ("Implementation Act")‚ which incorporates the Rome Statute into domestic law." The DA grounds for challenging the move are: • The notice of withdrawal is in breach of sectio...
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