4 international crimes under local laws if Rome Statute ratified, says minister
Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah says ICC is a 'last resort' when countries do not act against perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, humanitarian crimes and invasion. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 18, 2019.
GENOCIDE, war crimes, humanitarian crimes and invasion would come under Malaysian law if the country ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , said Saifuddin Abdullah. The foreign minister said they would fall under local legislation either through amendments to existing acts or the creation of new ones, without the need for changes to the federal constitution.
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