Ratifying the treaty would have allowed us a say against the lack of prosecution against atrocities committed by countries like Israel and Myanmar, which have always been our concern.
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court to prosecute individuals for genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC governs the prosecution of perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of aggression.
The UN Security Council has the power to give authority to the ICC to prosecute wrongdoers. Tribunals can be set up to serve this purpose. Systematic mass killing and the destruction or eviction of ethnic groups, as have happened in many countries past and present, will not go unheeded by the world body as they constitute a crime against humanity.
The Rome Statute should not be politicised by irresponsible elements in our society. The sole purpose of the ICC is to ensure that crimes against humanity and mass atrocities do not occur with impunity. Again, signing and ratifying the statute is not going to eat into the power of the Malay rulers or in any way affect the Malay race or Islam in the local context.
Around 139 states have signed the Rome Statute, while only 122 have ratified the document, meaning that they are willing to use the ICC in their states. The court now has more than 120 member nations. Countries that are not members include the US, China, India, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Qatar and Israel. As for Malaysia, it should not give in to pressure from dissenting groups. Some opinionated academics may have been lobbied to give narrow politicised interpretations of the Rome Statute and the ICC. To say that ratification of the Rome Statute would negate the immunity of the rulers, the special position of the Malays, and the position of Islam is absolutely unfounded. It smacks of emotions and politics and not reason or logic.
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