The complex crime of aggression under the rome statute

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 897-904

  Scheffer, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; atrocity crimes; equality of nations; gravity; International Criminal Court; international criminal law; magnitude; temporal jurisdiction; UN Security Council

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649425515     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0922156510000452     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. ICC Assembly of States Parties Resolution RC/Res.6, adopted at the 13th plenary meeting on 11 June 2010, by consensus (advance version 28 June 2010);
2. see also D. Scheffer, 'Aggression Is Now a Crime', International Herald Tribune, 1 July 2010, 8.
3. Situation in the Republic of Kenya, Decision Pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute on the Authorization of an Investigation into the Situation in the Republic of Kenya, Pre-Trial Chamber II, ICC-01/09 (31 March 2010).
4. D. Scheffer, 'States PartiesApproveNew Crimes for International Criminal Court', (2010) 14 (16)ASIL Insight, available atwww.asil.org/insights100622.cfm. Portions of the discussion under section 3 are drawn from this essay.
5. However, it is possible that one or more of such ratifying or accepting states parties will file a declaration of non-acceptance of the crime of aggression over itself or its nationals, as permitted by Art. 121(5) and new Art. 15 bis(4) of the Rome Statute.
6. Art.15 bis(4).