Parliament votes to sign Rome Statute of International Criminal Court
14 Jun 2011, 7:24 PM
Parliament today voted almost unanimously that the Maldives sign the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the founding treaty of the first permanent international court capable of trying perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
Maldivian MPs voted 61 in favour of signing the statute out of 64 members present.
Chairman of Parliament’s National Security Committee, Abdulla Yameen, presented the committee’s findings stating that signing the treaty would strengthen both criminal justice in the Maldives and the country’s commitment to human rights.
“All the countries that sign the treaty believe that such cases should be looked into with an international jurisdiction,” he said.
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