South Africa's opposition party filed papers with a local court requesting that its government arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he travels to the country for the upcoming BRICS summit
Clayson Monyela, the head of public diplomacy at South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation said the notice in the gazette for diplomatic immunity is a standard conferment of immunities that South Africa does for all international conferences and summits irrespective of the level of participation.
The DA said it had approached the court to avoid a repeat of the 2015 incident, where former Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, wanted by the ICC, attended an AU summit in South Africa and was not arrested. "The DA is seeking this declaratory order to ensure that there is no legal ambiguity relating to the procedure to be followed, and the obligations placed upon the state, should President Putin set foot in South Africa," said the statement.
The party said the application outlines precise steps to be taken should a request for Putin's arrest and surrender be forthcoming from the ICC. "These steps include that the Director General of Justice and Constitutional Development must immediately forward the request to a Magistrate in terms of section 8 of the Implementation Act. Subsequently, any warrant of arrest endorsed by a Magistrate must be given effect to by the government, following which President Putin must be detained and surrendered to the ICC," it said.
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