By EDITORIALMore by this AuthorThe decision by South Africa to leave the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is an extremely significant, and worrying, development. According to media reports, the government in Pretoria will soon begin the formal process of exiting the Rome Statute. The South African decision is a major development. Its leaders were upset by criticism for the failure to arrest Sudan’s Omar el-Bashir when he visited the country but there are no active investigations targeting South Africa. The decision to pull out of the ICC could serve as a signal to many other countries to take the same cue.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2016 17:15 UTC