Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has announced that Malaysia will withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“We withdraw the signature because people are easily misled on emotional feelings,” he told a press conference in Putrajaya this afternoon.
On March 4, it was reported that Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah had signedthe Instrument of Accession to the Rome Statute.
Wisma Putra stated that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah had been informed by the minister on Feb 15 of Putrajaya's intention to accede to the treaty.
However, Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim claimed that the government failed to consult the Conference of Rulers beforehand.
Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar had said ratifying the treaty would violate the Federal Constitution as it would affect the monarch, Malay rights and the sanctity of Islam in Malaysia.
The ICC tries four core international crimes - genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crime of aggression.
Tunku Ismail had cautioned that certain quarters who wanted to dismantle the royal institution might orchestrate war crimes.
The Rome Statute has been adopted by more than 100 countries in 1998 during a conference in Rome and which established the ICC.
The ICC came into force in 2002 and aims to end impunity against the perpetrators of the most serious crimes.
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