South Africa’s announcement on Oct. 21 that it intends to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, has met strong opposition from civil society groups in that country and other African and international human-rights organizations.
Africa has played major roles in the independent court, which was created in 1998 by the Rome Statute, written by international legal experts, and began to function in 2002. Of the court’s 124 members — countries that have signed and ratified the treaty creating the first such institution — the largest number, 34, are in Africa. …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
