Former president FW de Klerk. Image credit: Thobile Mathonsi/African News Agency/ANA Black First Land First (BLF) shall be taking several concrete steps to bring FW de Klerk to justice. Amongst measures to be taken is to ask the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to indicate if it is not going to prosecute de Klerk for the …
By BO Staff Writer On Monday 14 November 2016 the Constitutional Court dismissed the application by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) which was grounded on exclusive jurisdiction on the basis that no jurisdictional fact had been established. It further dismissed the alternative relief sought by the Democratic Alliance (DA) …
By Dr Motsoko Pheko The Rome Statute is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC was to be an international tribunal and intergovernmental organisation that would prosecute all individuals for international crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. 120 states voted in for it as opposed to 7 who …
