South Sudan at the moment cannot ratify the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court due to the implementation of cooperation agreements it signed with the Sudan.
Government Spokesperson Barnaba Marial Benjamin told the press on Friday after the ordinary cabinet meeting that the European Union and African-Caribbean-Pacific countries should understand that it was important for South Sudan and Sudan to conclude the cooperation process peacefully.He said South Sudan would be a member of the Rome Statute without ratifying it for now.
Dr Marial said South Sudan contacted with the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific group countries to explain that it had to implement the agreements with Sudan and the ratification of the Rome Statute would bring problems.
Any country that signs the Rome Statute is forced to execute the International Criminal Court’s warrants of arrest and South Sudan had to hand President Omar Al Bashir to the ICC if he visited the country.
President Salva Kiir chaired the meeting of the Council of Ministers.