A legal analysis on the relevancy of the International Criminal Court (ICC): Malaysia's perspective / Muhammad Salihin Muhammad Shukri …[et al.]

This research paper is for the purpose of analyzing the relevancy of the International Criminal Court (ICC), primarily from Malaysia's point of view. Furthermore, this research paper will delve into the substantive and procedural parts of the ICC, and later to identify the advantages and the disadvantages of the ICC. This research paper also discusses the relationship of the ICC with selected countries that had ratified the Rome Statute and those that had not ratified the Rome Statute. As Malaysia is currently not a State Party to the Rome Statute, this research paper aims to assist Malaysia on deciding whether to ratify or not to ratify the Rome Statute. This research paper is a compendium of various ideas and concise data that had been gathered from various sources such as books, journals, articles and other sources. By laying down the problems that are identified in the ICC together with the situations faced by countries that had ratified the Rome Statute, it will hopefully give an intelligible idea to the Government of Malaysia on the effects of ratifying the Rome Statute.