South Africa court blocks government bid to abandon ICC

‘A South African court has blocked the government’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), ruling that the move is “unconstitutional and invalid.”
“The cabinet decision to deliver the notice of withdrawal… without prior parliamentary approval is unconstitutional and invalid,” said Judge Phineas Mojapelo in a ruling issued in the North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday.
The judge further declared that the president and ministers “are ordered forthwith to revoke the notice of withdrawal,” delivering a major setback for President Jacob Zuma’s administration.’
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