Malaysia accedes to Rome Statute of International Criminal Court


A view of the International Criminal Court building in The Hague, the Netherlands. ICC is the first permanent and treaty-based international court aimed at ending the perpetration of the most serious crimes worldwide, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. – EPA pic, March 5, 2019.

MALAYSIA has signed the instrument to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said Minister Saifuddin Abdullah signed the instrument of accession yesterday, and the instrument was given to the United Nations secretary-general the same day.


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