Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: recommendations to Malaysia's concerns / Muhammad Izzat Fauzan, Muhammad Shah Nizam Abdullah and Azeme Azhar

• Main Authors: Fauzan, Muhammad Izzat, Abdullah, Muhammad Shah Nizam, Azhar, Azeme
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Constitutional law
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36113/1/36113.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36113/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The International Criminal Court was established to fulfill the role of a permanent court to try perpetrators of crimes against humanity, which, in the past was put to trial via ad-hoc tribunals. This project is meant to identify the concerns Malaysia has in matters of adopting the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and to propose viable solutions that Malaysia may adopt to deal with her concerns. In doing this, we have provided case studies of different models of implementation adopted by several state parties across the globe. We have managed to put forward academic arguments to deal with Malaysia's concerns and also viable models to be adopted in order to assist Malaysia to eventually adopt the Rome Statute. Though Malaysia's concerns are valid, nevertheless they can be overcome dealt with efficiently as we have outlined.