South Africa confirms decision to withdraw from ICC
President Uhuru Kenyatta with South African counterpart Jacob Zuma during a past visit to Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa said a year ago that it planned to leave the ICC after it was criticised for ignoring a court order to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. PHOTO | FILE
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A UN spokesman declined to confirm receipt of the document, which is signed by South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and dated Oct. 19.
Burundi appeared set to become the first state to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the 1998 treaty establishing the global court, after its parliament voted last week to leave.
President Pierre Nkurunziza signed a decree on Tuesday, but the United Nations has not yet been officially notified.
