Human Rights Attorney Richard Spoor says the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin puts South Africa in a precarious position.
puts South Africa in a precarious position. The warrant obliges South Africa to arrest Putin if he comes to the Brics Summit in August.
Putin is accused of alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. He faces arrest if he sets foot in any of the 123 signatory states to the Rome Statute.“A constitutional crisis is threatening; I cannot see the government arresting Vladimir Putin.
Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation, Supra Mahumapelo, says he intends to ask the Minister of International Relations, Dr Naledi Pandor to brief the committee on how government is going to handle the matter of the arrest warrant.
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