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THE TRAVAUX PRÉPARATOIRES OF THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION |
CRIME OF AGGRESSION LIBRARY |
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Contents |
Contributors |
Foreword |
Preface |
Table of documents |
I: Introduction to the negotiation history |
Negotiating the Amendments on the crime of aggression |
A. Introduction |
B. The end of Rome, the beginning of Kampala |
C. The PrepComm prepares a basis for negotiation |
I. Discussions on the definition of the crime of aggression |
II. Fitting the crime of aggression into the Statute |
III. Discussions on the conditions for the exercise of jurisdiction |
IV. Passing the torch |
D. The Special Working Group: progress on technical issues and a breakthrough on the definition |
I. Working methods |
1. The Princeton Process |
2. A constructive work environment |
3. A thematic, focused approach |
4. A new factor in the negotiations: the Rome Statute |
II. Embedding the crime of aggression in the Rome Statute |
1. Scanning the Rome Statute for aggression-specific problems |
2. Articles 28 and 33: command responsibility and superior orders |
III. An agreed definition of the individual crime of aggression |
1. Defining the conduct of the primary perpetrator |
2. The leadership requirement |
3. Individual attempt |
IV. An agreed definition of the State act of aggression |
1. Specific versus generic definition |
2. The reference to GA Resolution 3314 |
3. The nature of the list of acts: open, closed, or in between |
4. The threshold clause |
V. Progress on certain aspects of the Security Council’s role |
1. Security Council determination not binding on the Court |
2. All three trigger mechanisms apply |
3. Security Council must be given an opportunity to determine aggression |
4. Prosecution of other crimes not affected by the crime of aggression |
VI. Options and Compromise Ideas for the Jurisdictional Filter |
1. Exclusive Security Council filter: Alternative 1 |
2. Primary, but not exclusive, Security Council filter: Alternative 2 |
VII. A complex discussion on entry-into-force procedures |
1. The 121(4) model – a unified regime for all |
2. The 121(5) model – an opt-in regime for States Parties |
3. The ‘adoption-only’ model – a literal reading of articles 5(2) and 12(1) |
4. Consequences of article 121(5), second sentence |
E. the intermediate period, 2009–2010 |
I. Redefining outstanding questions |
1. The question of State consent |
2. The question of jurisdictional filters |
II. The United States returns to the table |
III. Counting the votes on the big questions |
F. A historic compromise at the 2010 Review Conference |
I. The First Conference Room Paper |
II. The Second Conference Room Paper |
III. The Third Conference Room Paper |
IV. A compromise between ABS and Canada |
V. The President’s First Paper |
VI. The President’s Second Paper |
VII. The President’s Third Paper |
VIII. The President’s Final Compromise Proposal |
Negotiating the Elements of the crime of aggression |
A. Introduction |
B. Consideration in the PrepComm, 1999–2002 |
C. Consideration in the Special Working Group, 2003–2009 |
D. Consideration at the Montreux and Princeton meetings, April and June 2009 |
I. The scheme and principles of the Elements of Crimes |
1. Element 1– the individual’s conduct |
2. Element 2 – the leadership clause |
3. Element 3: the State act of aggression – material element |
4. Element 4: the State act of aggression – mental element |
5. Elements 5 and 6: the threshold requirement – material and mental element |
II. General introduction and special introduction |
E. Consideration at the Review Conference: 31 May–11 June 2010 |
F. Conclusion |
Negotiating the Understandings on the crime of aggression |
A. Introduction |
B. The jurisdictional Understandings (Understandings 1 to 3) |
I. Jurisdiction ratione temporis (Understandings 1 and 3) |
II. No State consent requirement for Security Council referrals (Understanding.2) |
C. The non-jurisdictional Understandings (Understandings 4 to 7) |
I. The new treaty definition and customary international law (Understanding 4) |
II. The exercise of domestic jurisdiction (Understanding 5) |
III. The definition of the crime (Understandings 6 and 7) |
C. Conclusion |
II: Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression |
1: 2010 Resolution on the Crime of Aggression |
ANNEX I:
AMENDMENTS TO THE ROME STATUTE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ON THE CRIME OF
AGGRESSION |
ANNEX II:
AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEMENTS OF CRIMES |
ANNEX III:
UNDERSTANDINGS REGARDING THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURT ON THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION |
III: Historical documents |
2: 1919 Commission Report on War Responsibility (excerpts) |
CHAPTER IV CONSTITUTION AND PROCEDURE OF AN APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL |
(a) Acts which Provoked the World War and Accompanied Its Inception |
Conclusions |
3: 1919 Covenant of the League of Nations (excerpts) |
4: 1919 Treaty of Versailles (excerpts) |
5: 1923 Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance (excerpt) |
6: 1924 Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (excerpts) |
7: 1927 Declaration Concerning Wars of Aggression |
8: 1928 Havana Resolution |
9: 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact (excerpts) |
10: 1933 Soviet Draft Definition |
11: 1945 UN Charter (excerpts) |
12: 1945 London Charter (excerpts) |
13: 1945 Control Council Law No. 10 (excerpts) |
14: 1946 Tokyo Charter (excerpts) |
15: 1946 Nuremberg Judgment (excerpts) |
16: 1946 GA Resolution 95 |
17: 1948 Tokyo Judgment (excerpts) |
18: 1950 Nuremberg Principles, with Commentary (excerpts) |
19: 1951 ILC Draft Code of Offences, with Commentary |
20: 1954 ILC Draft Code of Offences, with Commentary |
21: 1970 Friendly Relations Declaration (excerpts) |
22: 1974 GA Special Committee Report (excerpts) |
23: 1974 Sixth Committee Report (excerpts) |
24: 1974 GA Plenary Verbatim Record (excerpts) |
25: 1974 GA Resolution 3314 |
26: 1991 ILC Draft Code of Crimes, with Commentary (excerpts) |
27: 1994 ILC Draft Statute, with Commentary (excerpts) |
28: 1996 ILC Draft Code of Crimes, with Commentary (excerpts) |
IV:Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010) |
1995 Ad Hoc Committee |
29: 1995 Ad Hoc Committee Report (excerpts) |
1996 Preparatory Committee, First and Second Session |
30: 1996 PrepCom Report (excerpts) |
31: 1996 PrepCom Compilation of Proposals (excerpts) |
February 1997: Preparatory Committee, Third Session |
32: 1997 Proposal by Germany (February) |
33: 1997 Proposal by Egypt and Italy |
34: 1997 PrepCom Draft Definition (excerpts) |
December 1997: Preparatory Committee, Fifth Session |
35: 1997 Proposal by Germany (December) |
January 1998: Zutphen Intersessional PrepCom Meeting |
36: 1998 Zutphen Draft Statute (excerpts) |
March/April 1998: Preparatory Committee, Sixth Session |
37: 1998 Revised German Proposal |
38: 1998 PrepCom Draft Statute (excerpts) |
1998: Rome Conference |
39: 1998 Rome Summary Records (18 June) (excerpts) |
40: 1998 Rome Summary Records (19 June) |
41: 1998 Proposal by Arab States and Iran (1 July) |
42: 1998 Proposal by Armenia |
43: 1998 Proposal by Cameroon |
44: 1998 Bureau Proposal (6 July) (excerpts) |
45: 1998 Rome Summary Records (8 July, 10.00 a..m.) (excerpts) |
46: 1998 Rome Summary Records (8 July, 3.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
47: 1998 Rome Summary Records (8 July, 6.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
48: 1998 Rome Summary Records (8 July, 9.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
49: 1998 Rome Summary Records (9 July, 10.00 a..m.) (excerpts) |
50: 1998 Rome Summary Records (9 July, 3.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
51: 1998 Rome Summary Records (9 July, 6.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
52: 1998 Proposal by Arab States and Iran (9 July) |
53: 1998 Bureau Proposal (10 July) (excerpts) |
54: 1998 Rome Summary Records (13 July, 10.00 a..m.) (excerpts) |
55: 1998 Rome Summary Records (13 July, 3.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
56: 1998 Rome Summary Records (13 July, 6.00 p..m.) |
57: 1998 Rome Summary Records (13 July, 9.00 p..m.) (excerpts) |
58: 1998 Proposal by NAM |
59: 1998 Rome Summary Records (July 17) |
60: 1998 Rome Statute (excerpts) |
61: 1998 Resolution F of the Final Act (excerpt) |
February 1999: Preparatory Commission, First Session |
62: 1999 Proposal by Arab States |
July/August 1999: Preparatory Commission, Second Session |
63 1999 Proposal by the Russian Federation |
64: 1999 Proposal by Germany |
November/December 1999: Preparatory Commission, Third Session |
65: 1999 Proposal by Greece and Portugal |
66: 1999 Coordinator’s Paper |
March 2000: Preparatory Commission, Fourth Session |
67: 2000 Proposal by Colombia |
68: 2000 Considerations by Colombia |
69: 2000 Proposal by Italy (oral) |
70: 2000 Comments by Colombia on the Italian Proposal |
71: 2000 List of Issues |
November/December 2000: Preparatory Commission, Sixth Session |
72: 2000 Proposal by Germany |
73: 2000 Proposal by Greece and Portugal |
February/March 2001: Preparatory Commission, Seventh Session |
74: 2001 Proposal by Bosnia and Herzegovina, New Zealand and Romania (Conditions, February) |
September/October 2001: Preparatory Commission, Eighth Session |
75: 2001 Proposal by Bosnia and Herzegovina, New Zealand and Romania (Definition) |
76: 2001 Proposal by Bosnia and Herzegovina, New Zealand and Romania (Conditions, August) |
77: 2001 Proposal by Guatemala |
April 2002: Preparatory Commission, Ninth Session |
78: 2002 Proposal by the Netherlands |
79: 2002 Coordinator’s Paper (April) |
July 2002: Preparatory Commission, Tenth Session |
80: 2002 Proposal by Samoa |
81: 2002 Proposal by Colombia |
82: 2002 Proposal by Belgium, Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Thailand |
83: 2002 Coordinator’s Paper (July) |
September 2002: Assembly of States Parties, First Session |
84: 2002 Resolution on Continuity of Work in Respect of the Crime of Aggression |
85: 2002 Elements of Crimes* |
September 2003: Assembly of States Parties, Second Session |
86: 2003 Proposal by Cuba (September) |
87: 2003 SWGCA Report (oral) |
June 2004: First Princeton Meeting |
88: 2004 Princeton Report |
89: 2004 List of Issues |
June 2005: Second Princeton Meeting |
90: 2005 Princeton Annotated Agenda |
91: 2005 Princeton Report |
92: 2005 Proposed Chapeau Rewordings |
December 2005: Assembly of States Parties, Fourth Session |
93: 2005 Discussion Paper 1 |
94: 2005 Discussion Paper 2 |
95: 2005 Discussion Paper 3 |
96: 2005 SWGCA Report |
June 2006: Third Princeton Meeting |
97: 2006 Princeton Annotated Agenda |
98: 2006 Princeton Report |
99: 2006 Proposed Chapeau Rewordings |
November 2006: Assembly of States Parties, Fifth Session |
100: 2006 SWGCA Report |
January 2007: Assembly of States Parties, Resumed Fifth Session |
101: 2007 Chairman’s Paper |
102: 2007 Proposal by Belgium |
103: 2007 Proposal by Norway |
104: 2007 SWGCA Report (January) |
105: 2007 Proposal by the Chairman on Variant (a) (January) |
June 2007: Fourth Princeton Meeting |
106: 2007 Princeton Annotated Agenda |
107: 2007 Chairman’s Non-Paper on the Exercise of Jurisdiction |
108: 2007 Chairman’s Non-Paper on Defining the State Act of Aggression |
109: 2007 Princeton Report |
110: 2007 Proposal by the Chairman on Variant (a) (June) |
December 2007: Assembly of States Parties, Sixth Session |
111: 2007 Chairman’s Non-Paper on Defining the Individual’s Conduct |
112: 2007 Proposal by Venezuela |
113 2007 SWGCA Report (December) |
114: 2008 Chairman’s Paper |
115: 2008 SWGCA Report (June) |
November 2008: Assembly of States Parties, Seventh Session |
116: 2008 Note on the Work Programme |
117: 2008 Jurisdiction Scenarios |
118: 2008 SWGCA Report (November) |
February 2009: Assembly of States Parties, Resumed Seventh Session |
119: 2009 Chairman’s Paper |
120: 2009 Note on the Work Programme |
121: 2009 Chairman’s Non-Paper on Other Substantive Issues |
122: 2009 SWGCA Report |
123: 2009 SWGCA Proposals |
April 2009: Montreux Retreat on Elements of Crimes |
124: 2009 Montreux Draft Elements of Crimes |
June 2009: Fifth Princeton Meeting |
125: 2009 Chairman’s Non-Paper on the Elements of Crimes |
126: 2009 Chairman’s Non-Paper on the Exercise of Jurisdiction |
127: 2009 Princeton Report |
128: 2009 Draft Elements of Crimes |
November 2009: Assembly of States Parties, Eighth Session |
129: 2009 WGRC Report (excerpts) |
March 2010: Assembly of States Parties, Resumed Eighth Session |
130: 2010 Chairman’s Non-Paper on the Exercise of Jurisdiction |
131: 2010 WGRC Report |
May/June 2010: Kampala Review Conference |
132: 2010 Conference Room Paper |
133: 2010 Chairman’s Non-Paper on Further Elements for a Solution |
134: 2010 Introductory Remarks by the Chairman (1 June) |
135: 2010 Non-Paper by Argentina, Brazil and Switzerland (ABS) |
136: 2010 Conference Room Paper, Rev.1 |
137: 2010 Introductory Remarks by the Chairman (7 June) |
138: 2010 Non-Paper by the United States |
139: 2010 Non-Paper by Canada |
140: 2010 Conference Room Paper, Rev.2 |
141: Introductory Remarks by the Chairman (8 June) |
142: 2010 WGCA Report |
143: 2010 Compromise Proposal ABS-Canada |
144: 2010 Focal Point’s Draft Understandings |
145: 2010 President’s First Paper |
146: 2010 Introductory Remarks by the President (10 June, 11.00 a..m.) |
147: 2010 President’s Second Paper |
148: Introductory Remarks by the President (10 June, 11.30 p..m.) |
149: 2010 President’s Preliminary Compromise Proposal |
150: 2010 President’s Third Paper |
151: Introductory Remarks by the President (11 June, 5.00 p.m.) |
152: 2010 Draft Resolution on the Crime of Aggression |
153: President’s Final Compromise Proposal |
154: 2010 Final Draft Understandings |
155: Introductory Remarks by the President and Adoption of the Resolution RC/Res.6 (11 June, midnight) |
156: 2010 Explanations of Position |
V: Index of Travaux Préparatoires |
Index |
