Book contents
- The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: 155
- The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- The Crime of Aggression Amendments
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- 2 Criminalising Aggression
- 3 An Act of Aggression
- 4 The Elevation of Acts of Aggression to the State Act Element of the Crime of Aggression
- 5 The Individual Conduct Elements of the Crime
- 6 The Court’s Jurisdiction Over the Crime of Aggression
- 7 Prosecuting Crimes of Aggression
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
1 - The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
An Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2021
- The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: 155
- The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- The Crime of Aggression Amendments
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- 2 Criminalising Aggression
- 3 An Act of Aggression
- 4 The Elevation of Acts of Aggression to the State Act Element of the Crime of Aggression
- 5 The Individual Conduct Elements of the Crime
- 6 The Court’s Jurisdiction Over the Crime of Aggression
- 7 Prosecuting Crimes of Aggression
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Summary
Chapter 1 provides an overview of historic efforts to criminalise the unlawful use of inter-State armed force, culminating in the adoption of the crime of aggression amendments at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in 2010 and the activation of the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over the crime in 2017. In the course of tracing this history, the chapter explains the political and legal issues that prevented States from reaching earlier agreement over the inclusion of the crime of aggression under the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction. The chapter also outlines the approach of the balance of the book.
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