Correct info, wider engagement if Putrajaya is to sign Rome statute, says civil society

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Correct info, wider engagement if Putrajaya is to sign Rome statute, says civil society

Ragananthini Vethasalam Updated 4 years ago · Published on 27 Aug 2019 8:30PM · 0 Comments

ICC counsel and member of the Malaysian Bar, N. Sivananthan, speaking during a forum on the International Criminal Court organised by the Malaysian Bar Council today. Civil society says there needs to be wider engagement and dissemination of correct information if the government wants to ratify the Rome Statute in the future. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, August 27, 2019.

THERE needs to be wider engagement and dissemination of correct information if the government resumes plans to accede to the Rome Statute governing the International Criminal Court, civil society leaders said today.

Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim) secretary-general Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz said extensive engagement should also be held with the Malay rulers and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.