South Africa Withdraws from the ICC

South Africa has withdrawn from the ICC. This is a great show of national sovereignty. The ICC only prosecutes African and Asian leaders who are guilty of war crimes or violations of international la. The International Crimes Court is not about justice, but making formerly colonized countries submit to former imperial masters. The counter argument is that it emboldens authoritarian regimes, but the court does not go after leaders that are Western aligned. Several times the ICC has requested South Africa arrest Omar Al-Bashir president of Sudan, while on state visits. Each time South Africa has refused. President Bashir is culpable of wrong doing in Darfur and Chad, but Europeans have no right to punish him. That should be the choice of the Sudanese citizens. The ICC is obviously biased against non-white leaders. It presents the image that Africans are the worse human rights abusers, when the West has waged war on multiple fronts. Leaders from the UK, France, or the United States will never face trial. South Africa has made the right decision. It will reverberate across the continent. Burundi is also looking to leave the ICC. South Africa is not betraying human rights; it is saving it from imperialism disguised as justice. If every African state leaves the ICC this can challenge the European threat. The goal should not just have African nations leave, but Asian, and South American nations as well. Doing so will undermine neocolonial control.