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CSL2601 ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE AUGUST 2026
Question 1: Discuss the ill-conceived announcement by the Head of the
Executive responsible for International Relations that South Africa was
withdrawing from the Rome Statute and filing a notice to this effect with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The announcement by the national executive to withdraw South Africa from the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was constitutionally ill-conceived
because it fundamentally violated the principle of separation of powers and the rule of
law as enshrined in the Constitution.
On 19 October 2016, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation signed and
deposited a notice of withdrawal from the Rome Statute with the United Nations
Secretary-General.¹ The core legal flaw in this decision was that the executive acted
unilaterally without obtaining the prior approval of Parliament.²












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