News wires in Kampala report that hours ago the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court adopted an amendment to the Rome Statute making the crime of aggression operational sometime after 2017.According to Agence France-Presse, the amendment gives the U.N. Security Council 1st bite at determining if an act of aggression has occurred. If the Council fails to act, a matter may be initiated by the ICC prosecutor or by a state party -- though the Council may then stall any such initiation.
Reuters further reports that not all states parties must accept jurisdiction, and nonparty states (specifically mentioned were China, Russia, and the United States) are unaffected.
More to come.
More to come.
