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DA calling on the ICC and UN's Nations Security Council to Arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin

The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is calling on the International Criminal Court to consider triggering a United Nations Security Council resolution that will compel the ANC government to honor its obligations under article 86 of the Rome Statute.

If the ANC government fails to act, the resolutions should give the ICC authority to use third parties to effect an arrest warrant on Putin should he set foot on South African soil. According to the ICC, the court may invite any non-State Party to provide assistance in the arrest and surrender of a person against whom an arrest warrant has been issued. The decision on which third parties to use, rests within the exclusive jurisdiction of the ICC.

The above notice was issued by Darren Bergman, DA Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

Meanwhile, the third biggest party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, who failed to "shut down" the country with a nationwide protest on the 20th, vowed to protect Putin from the ICC arrest warrant.

Although it is unlikely for the South African government to arrest any visiting head of state, the government is taking legal advice on how to handle the arrest warrant.

The Kremlin has yet to decide whether Putin will travel to South Africa for the BRICS summit.