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After Kampala: Ratification of the amendments on the Crime of Aggression
- Ratification Status: Amendments on the crime of aggression to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Botswana - first African State to ratify Kampala amendments
The Global Campaign for the Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments (Principality of Liechtenstein, Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression), 04Jun13
- Germany ratifies crime of aggression amendments
The Global Campaign for the Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments (Principality of Liechtenstein, Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression), 03Jun13
- Botswana Ratifies ICC Amendment on Crime of Aggression
Africa Legal Aid, 19Apr13
- Statement of the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Workshop on Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Republic of South Africa, April 2013
- Kampala Amendments Set Stage for 'Paradigm Shift in International Law', Secretary-General Tells Workshop on Ratification of Rome Statute
Secretary-General, SG/SM/14942, AFR/2593, L/3211, Department of Public Information - News and Media Division - New York, 15Apr13
- Statement by the Minister of Defense, Justice and Security of Botswana on the occasion of the Workshop on Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments (Botswana 15 & 16 April 2013)
Gaborone International Convention Centre, Botswana, 15Apr13
- Estonia ratifies amendments on the crime of aggression and article 8
Press Release ICC-ASP-20130328-PR893, Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 28Mar13 [ENG]
- Estado de ratificación e implementación de las Enmiendas de Kampala sobre el Crimen de Agresión
Principality of Liechtenstein & Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, Actualización Núm. 4 (información al 16 de enero de 2013), 16ene13
- Luxembourg ratifies the Kampala amendments to the Statute of the International Criminal Court
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 15Jan13 [ENG]
- Trinidad and Tobago ratifies amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression and article 8
Press Release ICC-ASP-20121115-PR852, Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 15Nov12 [ENG]
- Trinidad y Tabago ratifica las enmiendas al Estatuto de Roma sobre el crimen de agresión y el artículo 8
Comunicado de Prensa ICC-ASP-20121115-PR852, Asamblea de los Estados Partes en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional, La Haya, 15nov12
- Samoa ratifies amendments on the crime of aggression and article 8
Press Release ICC-ASP-20120927-PR838, Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 27Sep12 [ENG]
- Remarks by the Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa on Samoa's Ratification of the Kampala Amendments on the crime of aggression.
NY, 25Sep12 [ENG]
- Declaración de UNASUR exhortando a la ratificación de las enmiendas adoptadas en Kampala
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR), Bogotá D.C., 11jun12
- Crime of aggression: First Ratification of the Amendments
ICC - Assembly of States Party, Press Release ICC-ASP-20120509-PR793, 09May12 [ENG]
- Crimen de agresión: primera ratificación de las enmiendas.
CPI - Asamblea de Estados Parte, Comunicado de Prensa ICC-ASP-20120509-PR793, 09may12 [ESL]
- Liechtenstein first country to ratify the Kampala amendments on the crime of aggression
Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, Press
Release, NY, 08May12 [ENG]
ICC Review Conference - Kampala, 31 May to 11 June 2010
- Report of the Working Group on the Crime of Aggression
RC/20 (advance version), Review Conference of the Rome Statute, 28Jun10
- Text of the Resolution on Crime of Aggression as Adopted by the Review Conference of the Rome Statute.
Resolution RC/Res.6, Kampala, 11Jun10 [ENG]
- Texto de la resolución sobre crimen de agresión aprobada en la Conferencia de Revisión del Estatuto de Roma.
Resolución RC/Res.6, Kampala, 11jun10 [ESL]
- Texte de la résolution sur le crime d'agression adoptée à la Conférence de révision du Statut de Rome.
Résolution RC/Res.6, Kampala, 11jui10 [FRA]
- Draft resolution submitted by the President of the Review Conference on the Crime of Aggression.
RC/10, Review Conference of the Rome Statute, 11Jun10
- Understandings regarding the amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression.
RC/10/Add.1, Review Conference of the Rome Statute, 11Jun10
- Conference Room Paper on the Crime of Aggression.
RC/WGCA/l/Rev.2, Review Conference of the Rome Statute, 07Jun10
- Draft Report of the Working Group on the Crime of Aggression
RC/WGCA/3, Review Conference of the Rome Statute, 06Jun10
- U.S. Department of State Briefing on the International Criminal Court Conference in Kampala, Uganda
United States Department of State, Media Center, 02Jun10
- Non-Paper by the Chair: Further elements for a solution on the Crime of Aggression.
RC/WGCA/2, Review Conference of the Rome Statute, 25May10
- Letter from civil organizations rejecting the criminal offense of Crime of Aggression and endorsing DOS's position.
40 civil organizations, 10May12
Preparatory documents
- Proposals for a provision on aggression elaborated by the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression.
C.N.727.2009.TREATIES-7 (Depositary Notification), Liechtenstein: Proposal of Amendment, NY, 29Oct09
- Informal inter-sessional meeting on the Crime of Aggression, hosted by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Woodrow Wilson School, at the Princeton Club, New York, from 8 to 10 June 2009.
ICC-ASP/8/INF.2, Assembly of States Parties, 10Jul09
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Historic documents regarding the
Crime of Aggression
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- Defining International Aggression - The Search for World Peace.
By Benjamin B. Ferencz.
Electronic edition prepared by Equipo Nizkor and published online on March 26, 2013.
First edition (hardcover): "Benjamin B. Ferencz, Defining International Aggression: The Search for World Peace, 2 volumes, Oceana publications, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1975"
Read Full Text Vol 1
Read Full Text Vol 2
- Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind with commentaries.
Document A/51/10. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-eighth session, 6 May - 26 July 1996, Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first session, Supplement No.10. Extract from the Yearbook of the International Law Commission:- 1996, vol. II(2).
- United Nations Resolution 3314 on the Definition of Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, A/RES/29/3314, 14Dec74
- Resolución 3314 de las Naciones Unidas sobre definición de la agresión
Assemblea general de las Naciones Unidas, Vigésimo noveno período de sesiones, A/RES/29/3314, 14dic74
- Résolution 3314 des Nations Unies sur la définition de l'agression
Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, Vingt-neuvième session, A/RES/29/3314, 14déc74
- General Assembly resolution 3105 (XXVIII: Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, 12Dec73
- General Assembly resolution 2781 (XXVI): Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session, 14Dec72
- General Assembly resolution 2781 (XXVI): Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-third Session, 03Dec71
- General Assembly resolution 2644 (XXV): Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-fifth Session, 25Nov70
- General Assembly Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States.
UN General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV), Twenty-fifth Session, 24Oct70
- General Assembly resolution 2549 (XXIV): Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, 19Dec69
- General Assembly resolution 2420 (XXIII): Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-third Session, 18Dec68
- General Assembly resolution 2330 (XXII) on the need to expedite the drafting of a definition of aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twenty-second Session, 18Dec67
- General Assembly resolution 1181 (XII) on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Twelfth Session, 29Nov57
- General Assembly resolution 895 (IX) on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Ninth Session, 04Dec54
- General Assembly resolution 688 (VII) on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Sixth Session, 20Dec52
- General Assembly resolution 599 (VI) on the Question of Defining Aggression.
UN General Assembly, Sixth Session, 31Jan52
- Documents of the third session including the report of the Commission
to the General Assembly (includes the Question of Defining Aggression and the Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind)
Yearbook of the International Law Commission: 1951, vol. II. United Nations, A/CN.4/SER.A/1951/Add.l, New York, 14 October 1957
- Report of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly covering the work of its third session, 16 May-27 July 1951 (includes the Question of Defining Aggression)
A/CN.4/48 and Corr.1 & 2. Report of the International Law Commission on its Third Session, 16 May to 27 July 1951. Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No.9 (A/1858). Extract from the Yearbook of the International Law Commission: 1951 , vol. II
- UN General Assembly Resolution 378 (V) on the Duties of States in the Event of the Outbreak of Hostilities.
UN General Assembly, Fifth Session, 17Nov50
- Opinion and Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Trial of German Major War Criminals.
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression
Opinion and Judgment, United States Government Printing Office, Washington : 1947
- Charter of the Nürnberg International Military Tribunal.
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression. United States Printing Office. Washington, 1946.
Vol I, pp. 4-12.
- London Agreement of August 8th 1945.
Agreement by the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, United States Printing Office, Washington, 1946. Vol I, pp. 1-3
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- Statutory Incorporation of the Crime of Aggression.
Presentation by Professor Nick Grief at the Parliamentary meeting about the Crime of Aggression and the possibility of its adoption into domestic law, London, Gbr, 23Nov11
- Can and should the Kampala amendment be both ratified by the Crown, and incorporated into domestic statute by Parliament, before 2017?.
Presentation by Robert Manson at the Parliamentary meeting about the Crime of Aggression and the possibility of its adoption into domestic law, London, Gbr, 23Nov11
- International Non-Aggression and the Lawful Use of Force Bill (Member's Bill - Kennedy Graham)
By MP Kennedy Graham, Wellington, New Zealand, 21abr09
[First reading negatived (23/9/09)]
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- Germany's Ratification of the Crime of Aggression Amendment: A Significant Step
By Jennifer Trahan, Opinio Iuris, 03Jun13
- Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues
By Amy F. Woolf, Congressional Research Service, Washington, 26Apr13
- Defeating Aggression: Countdown to 2017
By Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, The Huffington Post, USA, 03Oct12
 La cuestión de la Agresión Militar.
Radio Nizkorr, 06ene12 (14m 42ss)
- "What of Military Aggression?".
Radio Nizkorr, 05Jan12 (11m 52ss)
- La cuestión de la Agresión Militar.
Por Benjamin Ferencz, 13Oct10. Traducción al español del Equipo Nizkor, Bélgica, 05ene12
- Complementarity and the Crime of Aggression
By Roger S. Clark, Oct11
- A New Approach to Deterring Illegal Wars
Benjamin B. Ferencz, Aug11
- The Uncertain Legal Status of the Aggression Understandings.
By Kevin Jon Heller (Melbourne Law School), Journal of International Criminal Justice, 11Jul11
- The Kampala Compromise on the Crime of Aggression
By Claus Kreß and Leonie von Holtzendorff, via Universität zu Köln, 16Nov10
- What of Military Aggression?
By Benjamin Ferencz, 13Oct10
- Identifying the Rough Edges of the Kampala Compromise
By Robert Manson, via BEPJ, Sep10
- The Rome Statute's Amendment on the Crime of Aggression: Negotiations at the Kampala Review Conference.
By Jennifer Trahan, International Criminal Law Review 11 (2011), Brill, Leiden, NDL, 2011 (By way of the American Bar Association)
- The New Agreement on the Definition of the Crime of Aggression.
By Jennifer Trahan, Assistant Clinical Professor of Global Affairs at NYU, 22Jun10
- What Exactly was Agreed in Kampala on the Crime of Aggression?
By Dapo Akande, Blog of the European Journal of International Law, 21Jun10
- Adoption of the Amendments on Aggression to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
By David Scheffer, ASIL, 13Jun10
- ICC member states adopt draft on crime of aggression
Xinhua, Kampala, 11Jun10
- American Expert Benjamin Ferencz Warns Super Powers On ICC Amendments.
The Monitor/All Africa Global Media, 10Jun10
- ICC member states still locked on crime of aggression
Xinhua, Kampala, 10Jun10
- ICC states start intense negotiations on crime of aggression
Xinhua, Kampala, 04Jun10
- Tension mounts as ICC states enter negotiations on crime of aggression
By Ronald Ssekandi, Xinhua, Kampala, 02Jun10
- Comienza la conferencia de revisión del Estatuto de Roma
Por Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi, IPS, Kampala, 31may10
- Benjamin Ferencz Acceptance Speech on Receiving Erasmus Prize.
Benjamin B. Ferencz, 13Nov09
- History of the Definition of Aggression and the General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX).
By Elizabeth Wilmshurst, published by Codification Division, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations, Oct08
- Impromptu Remarks to the UN Assembly of State Parties Regarding Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the Crime of Aggression
By Benjamin B. Ferencz, Jun08
Interview with Benjamin Ferencz, former Nuremberg Prosecutor and peace advocate.
Radio Nizkor, 30May04 (44m 56ss)
- Can aggression be deterred by law?
By Benjamin B. Ferencz, 01Jan99
- Address to the Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
By Benjamin B. Ferencz, Rome, 16 June 1998
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