Tuesday 29 June 2010

International Criminal Court Review Conference Resolutions

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The Review Conference of the Rome Statute concluded in Kampala, Uganda, on June 11, 2010. Remarkably, the Conference adopted a resolution amending the Rome Statute to include a definition of the crime of aggression and provisions for activation of the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime. The definition is based on 1974 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX).

In addition, the States Parties adopted a resolution amending Article 8 of the Rome Statute (allowing the Court to prosecute as a war crime the employment of certain poisonous weapons and expanding bullets, asphyxiating or poisonous gases, and all other liquids and materials, when such employment takes place in armed conflict not of an international character); and a resolution preserving in its current form Article 124, which allows new States Parties to exclude for seven years from the Court’s jurisdiction war crimes allegedly committed by its nationals or on its territory, but agreeing to review its provisions at the 14th session of the Assembly of States Parties.

Other notable resolutions adopted at the Conference include a resolution regarding the impact of the Rome Statute system on victims and affected communities; a resolution dealing with complementarity; and a resolution on the enforcement of sentences.

For more detailed information about the ICC Review Conference, check out the ASIL Insight by David Scheffer on this topic. See also the ASIL ICC Review Conference blog.


Source: ASIL

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