CATALYSING GLOBAL PEACE THROUGH THE STRENGTHENING OF FORENSIC SCIENCE APPLICATION IN SHARĪ‘AH LAW

On 1 January 2016, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly promoted peace among the countries in the world through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2018 however shows that such a goal is likely to be affected by the unresolved chaos the world has been experiencing for the past decade, which has brought about a gradual decline of peacefulness. This discussion involves the application of current legislation and how effective the legislation is in contributing to the peace agenda. In countries that practice Sharī‘ah law, previous studies have shown that rejuvenation of the law could play an important role in this matter. Therefore, this study proposes the idea of catalysing global peace through the strengthening of forensic science application in Sharī‘ah law. The qualitative study applies the inductive and deductive approach in obtaining general and specific conclusions from primary and secondary sources. The findings from this study show that forensic science application is relevant to Sharī‘ah law based on precedent shariah cases. This specifically involves Islamic evidence law, civil law, criminal law and criminal procedure code which fulfils some of the suggestions in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the Positive Peace pillars issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). It is hoped that the proposed suggestions will catalyse global peace, improve the GPI in the upcoming years and make the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality.