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South Africa and the International Criminal Court

South Africa and the International Criminal Court South Africa and the International Criminal Court' Hennie Strydom I. Introduction II. The Changed Constitutional and Policy Framework III. Overview of the Substantive Provisions of the International Criminal Court Bill (ICC Bill) 1. Objects of the Bill 2. Jurisdiction 3. Cooperation with the Court 4. The Conclusion of Agreements with the ICC IV. Conclusion I. Introduction Prior to the advent of the new constitutional dispensation in South Af­ rica the domestic status of conventional humanitarian law was incon­ clusive, especially in view of the fact that the South African Parliament never passed legislation for the incorporation into South African law of even the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, which were ratified by the South African government as early as 1952. Attempts to invoke the 1977 Geneva Protocols as customary international law during the This article is part of a larger project on international humanitarian law and the South African legal order, and the financial support received from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is acknowledged with gratitude. The views, comments and opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. l.A. Frowein and R. Wolfrum (eds. J. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 6, 2002, 345-366. © 2002 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online Brill

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South Africa and the International Criminal Court' Hennie Strydom I. Introduction II. The Changed Constitutional and Policy Framework III. Overview of the Substantive Provisions of the International Criminal Court Bill (ICC Bill) 1. Objects of the Bill 2. Jurisdiction 3. Cooperation with the Court 4. The Conclusion of Agreements with the ICC IV. Conclusion I. Introduction Prior to the advent of the new constitutional dispensation in South Af­ rica the domestic status of conventional humanitarian law was incon­ clusive, especially in view of the fact that the South African Parliament never passed legislation for the incorporation into South African law of even the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, which were ratified by the South African government as early as 1952. Attempts to invoke the 1977 Geneva Protocols as customary international law during the This article is part of a larger project on international humanitarian law and the South African legal order, and the financial support received from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is acknowledged with gratitude. The views, comments and opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. l.A. Frowein and R. Wolfrum (eds. J. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 6, 2002, 345-366. © 2002

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