In August 2019 South Africa withdrew its signature from the Protocol on sadc Tribunal signed in 2014 by 9 sadc Member States. This decision was adopted in compliance with the judgment of the South African High Court as confirmed by the Constitutional Court which ruled that the participation of the President in the decision to suspend the sadc Tribunal, as well as his signature of the 2014 Protocol were unconstitutional, unlawful and irrational. These rulings are particularly ground-breaking in light of the conclusions they reached and raised some interesting implications under international law.

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签订国际协议的自由和国际义务的遵守：南非法院对南共体法庭判决的一些评论

在2019年八月南非从协议撤回其签字的南部非洲发展共同体法庭在2014年签署了9南部非洲发展共同体成员国。这一决定符合南非高等法院的判决采纳为宪法法院裁定，总统的暂停决定参与确认南部非洲发展共同体法庭，以及他2014年协议的签署是违宪的，不合法和不合理。考虑到这些裁决得出的结论并在国际法下产生了一些有趣的影响，这些裁决尤其具有开创性。