Trust Wisma Putra’s decision

THE United Nations Association of Malaysia (Unam) notes with regret the precipitate decision of the Malaysian government to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is noted that it was compelled to take this step.

The purpose of the ICC is to exercise jurisdiction over four categories of crime – genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression – only when it is establish­ed that the states where these crimes occur are unable or unwilling to investigate them. Constitutional experts have provided extensive analyses of the repercussions of this Court’s mandate and more than 120 countries have ratified the Statute.