You are required to discuss the constitutional issues at stake with respect to Sudanese President Omar

al-Bashir’s visit to South Africa in June 2015 for the African Union Summit and his subsequent
departure before the merits of the matter had been decided by a court of law.

The constitutional issues at stake arising from the departure from South Africa of Al-Bashir in the
face of a Court Order interdicting such a departure and the independence of the judiciary. The State is
founded on the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. 1
The departure of President Al-
Bashir in the face of a Court Order interdicting such departure is a violation of the

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High Court Judgment