Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges

The instrument of accession to the Rome Statute was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 4 March 2019. The Statute will enter into force for Malaysia on 1 June 2019. However, the Rome Statute will not become law in Malaysia unless and until it has been transformed into the M...

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Main Author:	Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-714412019-04-02T06:55:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71441/ Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein K Law (General) The instrument of accession to the Rome Statute was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 4 March 2019. The Statute will enter into force for Malaysia on 1 June 2019. However, the Rome Statute will not become law in Malaysia unless and until it has been transformed into the Malaysian national legal system by legislation made by Parliament. The main objective of the paper is to appraise the way how the Rome Statute can be incorporated in the Malaysia legal system. The paper concludes that Malaysia should follow the majority of state parties to merge the two purposes of criminalizing the four international crimes in the Malaysian domestic law and to cooperate with the ICC. The paper also suggest to empower the High Court to have jurisdiction over these crimes. 2019-03-29 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71441/1/Incorporating%20the%20Rome%20Statute%20in%20Malaysian%20national%20legal%20system.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71441/2/Programme%2C%20Symposium%20on%20Rome%20Statute%2C%2029-03-2019.docx.pdf Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein (2019) Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges. In: Symposium on Malaysia’s Accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 29th March 2019, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/events/show/symposium-on-malaysias-accession-to-the-rome-statute
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description	The instrument of accession to the Rome Statute was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 4 March 2019. The Statute will enter into force for Malaysia on 1 June 2019. However, the Rome Statute will not become law in Malaysia unless and until it has been transformed into the Malaysian national legal system by legislation made by Parliament. The main objective of the paper is to appraise the way how the Rome Statute can be incorporated in the Malaysia legal system. The paper concludes that Malaysia should follow the majority of state parties to merge the two purposes of criminalizing the four international crimes in the Malaysian domestic law and to cooperate with the ICC. The paper also suggest to empower the High Court to have jurisdiction over these crimes.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein
author_facet	Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein
author_sort	Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein
title	Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges
title_short	Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges
title_full	Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges
title_fullStr	Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Incorporating the Rome statute in the Malaysian national legal system: issues and challenges
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