Concerns over Rome Statute ratification unfounded, say experts


Ragananthini Vethasalam

Counsel of ICC and member of the Malaysian Bar N. Sivananthan says fears over the Rome Statute is unfounded as it only cover crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes and crimes of aggression. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, August 27, 2019.

THE concerns raised by several quarters that caused Malaysia to backtrack from ratifying the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Rome Statute holds no water, said experts.

Counsel of ICC and member of the Malaysian Bar N. Sivananthan said the purported concerns linking the international treaty to religion, the monarchy and laws against the non-heterosexual community, were not valid.


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