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All is not lost despite Rome Statute withdrawal
By Datuk Dr Fauziah Mohd Taib
May 12, 2019 @ 1:08am
Datuk Dr Fauziah Mohd Taib
THE new Malaysia is an activist-oriented government. It responds to the calls of the activists, which means that the government is more sensitive to people than ever before. Butactivists are also idealists, and sometimes they can’t see the forest for the trees. An activist’s job is to campaign for a course and to convince the management that his goal is what the people want.
What’s done is done. We acceded to the Rome Statute, then reversed ourselves. Just because we are not in the ICC does not mean we do not ascribe to the finer points of its existence. We can always enhance our judicial system so that we are in line with international norms. All is not lost. For now we just need to move on.
The writer is Malaysia’s former ambassador to the Netherlands and Malaysia’s Observer to the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute from 2008 to 2014
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