Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court must be proposed, adopted, and ratified in accordance with articles 121 and 122 of the Statute. Any state party to the Statute can propose an amendment. The proposed amendment can be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote in either a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties or a review conference called by the Assembly. An amendment comes into force for all states parties one year after it is ratified by seven-eighths of the states parties. However, any amendment to articles 5, 6, 7, or 8 of the Statute only enters into force for states parties that have ratified the amendment. A state party which ratifies an amendment to articles 5, 6, 7, or 8 is subject to that amendment one year after ratifying it, regardless of how many other states parties have also ratified it. For an article 5, 6, 7, or 8 amendment, the Statute itself is amended after the amendment comes into force for the first state party to ratify it. Amendments of a purely institutional nature enter into force six months after they are approved by a two-thirds majority vote in either a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties or a review conference.
Summary of adopted amendments to the Rome Statute
In June 2010, two sets of amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court were adopted by the Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda. The first amendment criminalizes the use of certain kinds of weapons in non-international conflicts whose use was already forbidden in international conflicts. The second set of amendments defines the crime of aggression. It entered into force in May 2013, but its activation was tied to two conditions, which were met in July 2018. In November 2015, an additional amendment to remove article 124 from the Statute was adopted during the 14th meeting of the Assembly of States Parties in The Hague in the Netherlands. In December 2017, three amendments to article 8 were adopted at the 12th meeting of the Assembly of States Parties in New York City. In December 2019, one additional amendment to article 8 was adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in The Hague.
Title | Adopted at | Adopted on | Ratified by | Entry into force | In force for | Ref. |
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Amendment to article 8 | Kampala | 10 June 2010 | 47 | 26 September 2012 | 45 | |
Amendments on the crime of aggression | Kampala | 10 June 2010 | 47 | 8 May 2013 | 45 | |
Amendment to article 124 | The Hague | 26 November 2015 | 24 | — | 0 | |
Amendment to article 8 (Weapons which use microbial or other biological agents, or toxins) | New York | 14 December 2017 | 23 | 2 April 2020 | 17 | |
Amendment to article 8 (Weapons the primary effect of which is to injure by fragments undetectable by x-rays in the human body) | New York | 14 December 2017 | 21 | 2 April 2020 | 15 | |
Amendment to article 8 (Blinding laser weapons) | New York | 14 December 2017 | 21 | 2 April 2020 | 15 | |
Amendment to article 8 (Intentionally using starvation of civilians) | The Hague | 6 December 2019 | 19 | 14 October 2021 | 13 |
Amendment to article 8 (2010)
Summary
An amendment to article 8 was adopted on 10 June 2010 at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala, Uganda. The amendment had originally been proposed by Belgium and it was forwarded to the Review Conference by the eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties.
The amendment adds to article 8(2)(e) three clauses which make it a war crime to employ poison, "asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices," or expanding bullets in an armed conflict not of an international character. The Rome Statute already makes the use of such means of warfare a war crime in international armed conflicts.
States parties to the amendment
Because the amendment is to article 8, it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it, one year after doing so. As of January 2025,[update] 47 states parties have ratified the amendment. The Rome Statute itself was amended on 26 September 2012 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
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![]() | 26 September 2013 | 26 September 2014 |
![]() | 28 April 2017 | 28 April 2018 |
![]() | 17 July 2014 | 17 July 2015 |
![]() | 26 November 2013 | 26 November 2014 |
![]() | 4 June 2013 | 4 June 2014 |
![]() | 23 September 2016 | 23 September 2017 |
![]() | 5 February 2015 | 5 February 2016 |
![]() | 20 December 2013 | 20 December 2014 |
![]() | 25 September 2013 | 25 September 2014 |
![]() | 12 March 2015 | 12 March 2016 |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
![]() | 3 March 2016 | 3 March 2017 |
![]() | 27 March 2013 | 27 March 2014 |
![]() | 30 December 2015 | 30 December 2016 |
![]() | 3 November 2015 | 3 November 2016 |
![]() | 3 June 2013 | 3 June 2014 |
![]() | 28 September 2018 | 28 September 2019 |
![]() | 26 January 2022 | 26 January 2023 |
![]() | 25 September 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
![]() | 8 May 2012 | 8 May 2013 |
![]() | 7 December 2015 | 7 December 2016 |
![]() | 15 January 2013 | 15 January 2014 |
![]() | 30 January 2015 | 30 January 2016 |
![]() | 5 September 2013 | 5 September 2014 |
![]() | 20 January 2023 | 20 January 2024 |
![]() | 18 January 2021 | 18 January 2022 |
![]() | 23 September 2016 | 23 September 2017 |
![]() | 14 October 2020 | 14 October 2021 |
![]() | 1 March 2016 | 1 March 2017 |
![]() | 10 June 2013 | 10 June 2014 |
![]() | 6 December 2017 | 6 December 2018 |
![]() | 29 December 2017 | 29 December 2018 |
![]() | 5 April 2019 | 5 April 2020 |
![]() | 14 October 2022 | 14 October 2023 |
![]() | 25 September 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
![]() | 11 April 2017 | 11 April 2018 |
![]() | 14 February 2022 | 14 February 2023 |
![]() | 25 September 2012 | 25 September 2013 |
![]() | 26 September 2011 | 26 September 2012 |
![]() | 28 April 2014 | 28 April 2015 |
![]() | 25 September 2013 | 25 September 2014 |
![]() | 25 September 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
![]() | 26 January 2022 | 26 January 2023 |
![]() | 10 September 2015 | 10 September 2016 |
![]() | 13 November 2012 | 13 November 2013 |
![]() | 25 October 2024 | 25 October 2025 |
![]() | 26 September 2013 | 26 September 2014 |
Amendments on the crime of aggression (2010)
Summary
Amendments on the crime of aggression were adopted on 11 June 2010 at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala, Uganda. The amendments were proposed by Liechtenstein, which chaired the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression, the committee directed by the Assembly of States Parties to form a definition for the crime of aggression, which was originally absent from the Statute.
The amendments define the crime of aggression in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314. Acts of aggression are: invading another state; bombing another state; blockading the ports or coastlines of another state; attacking the land, sea, or air forces, or marine or sea fleets of another state; violating a status of forces agreement; using armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries against another state; allowing territory to be used by another state to perpetrate an act of aggression against a third state.
The amendments inserted a new article 8 bis after article 8. The resolution adopting them clarified that their entry into force is governed by article 121, paragraph 5, which applies to amendments to articles 5 to 8. While the amendments thus come into force for each ratifying state one year after ratification, the amended text says that only crimes of aggression committed one year or more after the thirtieth ratification are within the jurisdiction of the Court. Furthermore, a decision had to be taken by the Assembly of States Parties with a two-thirds majority vote after 1 January 2017 to actually activate jurisdiction. On 26 June 2016, the State of Palestine became the 30th state party to ratify the amendments, thus ensuring that the first condition would be fulfilled. On 14 December 2017, the Assembly of States Parties adopted a resolution fulfilling the second condition, activating the Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression as of 17 July 2018.
While upon a United Nations Security Council referral the Prosecutor can open an investigation against the national of any state, this is not the case with state referral and proprio motu investigations by the Prosecutor. A state party can opt out of these amendments, and nationals of non-states parties are not subject to the Court's jurisdiction. Additionally, the Prosecutor must wait for a determination of the Security Council regarding an act of aggression. If the Security Council determines an act of aggression has taken place, the Prosecutor may proceed. If the Security Council does not act within six months, the Prosecutor can proceed provided that a Pre-Trial Chamber approves that move. The Security Council keeps its right to defer investigations for a period of one year.
States parties to the amendments
As of January 2025,[update] 47 states parties have ratified the amendments. The Rome Statute itself was amended on 8 May 2013 after the amendments came into force for the first state party to ratify them. The Court gained jurisdiction over the crime of aggression on 17 July 2018.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
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![]() | 26 September 2013 | 26 September 2014 |
![]() | 28 April 2017 | 28 April 2018 |
![]() | 17 July 2014 | 17 July 2015 |
![]() | 26 November 2013 | 26 November 2014 |
![]() | 10 December 2020 | 10 December 2021 |
![]() | 4 June 2013 | 4 June 2014 |
![]() | 23 September 2016 | 23 September 2017 |
![]() | 5 February 2015 | 5 February 2016 |
![]() | 20 December 2013 | 20 December 2014 |
![]() | 25 September 2013 | 25 September 2014 |
![]() | 12 March 2015 | 12 March 2016 |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
![]() | 25 September 2019 | 25 September 2020 |
![]() | 3 March 2016 | 3 March 2017 |
![]() | 27 March 2013 | 27 March 2014 |
![]() | 30 December 2015 | 30 December 2016 |
![]() | 5 December 2014 | 5 December 2015 |
![]() | 3 June 2013 | 3 June 2014 |
![]() | 28 September 2018 | 28 September 2019 |
![]() | 17 June 2016 | 17 June 2017 |
![]() | 26 January 2022 | 26 January 2023 |
![]() | 27 September 2018 | 27 September 2019 |
![]() | 25 September 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
![]() | 8 May 2012 | 8 May 2013 |
![]() | 7 December 2015 | 7 December 2016 |
![]() | 15 January 2013 | 15 January 2014 |
![]() | 30 January 2015 | 30 January 2016 |
![]() | 18 January 2021 | 18 January 2022 |
![]() | 23 September 2016 | 23 September 2017 |
![]() | 14 April 2023 | 14 April 2024 |
![]() | 1 March 2016 | 1 March 2017 |
![]() | 26 June 2016 | 26 June 2017 |
![]() | 5 April 2019 | 5 April 2020 |
![]() | 6 December 2017 | 6 December 2018 |
![]() | 14 October 2022 | 14 October 2023 |
![]() | 25 September 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
![]() | 11 April 2017 | 11 April 2018 |
![]() | 25 September 2012 | 25 September 2013 |
![]() | 14 November 2014 | 14 November 2015 |
![]() | 28 April 2014 | 28 April 2015 |
![]() | 25 September 2013 | 25 September 2014 |
![]() | 25 September 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
![]() | 26 January 2022 | 26 January 2023 |
![]() | 10 September 2015 | 10 September 2016 |
![]() | 13 November 2012 | 13 November 2013 |
![]() | 25 October 2024 | 25 October 2025 |
![]() | 26 September 2013 | 26 September 2014 |
Amendment to article 124 (2015)
On 26 November 2015 during their 14th meeting, the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 124 in The Hague in the Netherlands. The amendment deletes article 124 from the Rome Statute. Article 124 is a transitional provision, which allows a state, upon becoming party to the Statute, to declare that it does not accept the jurisdiction of the Court over war crimes committed in its territory or by its nationals for a period of seven years.
States parties to the amendment
As of January 2025,[update] 24 states parties have ratified the amendment. Per article 121(4) of the Rome Statute, this amendment will enter into force for all states parties to the Rome Statute one year after seven-eighths of states parties (currently 109 states parties) have ratified it.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
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![]() | 3 November 2020 | TBD |
![]() | 22 September 2017 | TBD |
![]() | 16 May 2019 | TBD |
![]() | 27 April 2018 | TBD |
![]() | 23 July 2024 | TBD |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | TBD |
![]() | 15 April 2024 | TBD |
![]() | 19 March 2018 | TBD |
![]() | 23 September 2016 | TBD |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | TBD |
![]() | 13 April 2018 | TBD |
![]() | 24 April 2020 | TBD |
![]() | 21 January 2022 | TBD |
![]() | 25 June 2024 | TBD |
![]() | 20 March 2017 | TBD |
![]() | 1 July 2016 | TBD |
![]() | 11 April 2017 | TBD |
![]() | 14 June 2018 | TBD |
![]() | 28 October 2016 | TBD |
![]() | 2 April 2019 | TBD |
![]() | 21 March 2022 | TBD |
![]() | 26 January 2022 | TBD |
![]() | 14 December 2018 | TBD |
![]() | 21 March 2023 | TBD |
Amendment to article 8 (biological weapons) (2017)
On 14 December 2017, during their 16th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8. The amendment inserted an article defining the use of weapons which use microbial or other biological agents, or toxins as a war crime.
States parties to the amendment
Because the amendment is to article 8, it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it, one year after doing so. As of January 2025,[update] 23 states parties have ratified the amendment. The Rome Statute itself was amended on 2 April 2020 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
---|---|---|
![]() | 21 June 2024 | 21 June 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 17 May 2021 | 17 May 2022 |
![]() | 23 July 2024 | 23 July 2025 |
![]() | 10 July 2020 | 10 July 2021 |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
![]() | 15 April 2024 | 15 April 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 24 April 2020 | 24 April 2021 |
![]() | 21 January 2022 | 21 January 2023 |
![]() | 25 June 2024 | 25 June 2025 |
![]() | 2 April 2019 | 2 April 2020 |
![]() | 20 January 2023 | 20 January 2024 |
![]() | 21 April 2020 | 21 April 2021 |
![]() | 14 October 2020 | 14 October 2021 |
![]() | 22 March 2021 | 22 March 2022 |
![]() | 14 February 2022 | 14 February 2023 |
![]() | 19 June 2019 | 19 June 2020 |
![]() | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2023 |
![]() | 26 January 2022 | 26 January 2023 |
![]() | 7 July 2020 | 7 July 2021 |
![]() | 25 October 2024 | 25 October 2025 |
![]() | 21 March 2023 | 21 March 2024 |
Amendment to article 8 (non-detectable fragments) (2017)
On 14 December 2017, during their 16th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8. The amendment inserted an article defining the use of weapons the primary effect of which is to injure by fragments undetectable by x-rays in the human body as a war crime.
States parties to the amendment
Because the amendment is to article 8, it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it, one year after doing so. As of January 2025,[update] 21 states parties have ratified the amendment. The Rome Statute itself was amended on 2 April 2020 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
---|---|---|
![]() | 21 June 2024 | 21 June 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 17 May 2021 | 17 May 2022 |
![]() | 23 July 2024 | 23 July 2025 |
![]() | 10 July 2020 | 10 July 2021 |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
![]() | 15 April 2024 | 15 April 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 24 April 2020 | 24 April 2021 |
![]() | 25 June 2024 | 25 June 2025 |
![]() | 2 April 2019 | 2 April 2020 |
![]() | 20 January 2023 | 20 January 2024 |
![]() | 21 April 2020 | 21 April 2021 |
![]() | 14 October 2020 | 14 October 2021 |
![]() | 22 March 2021 | 22 March 2022 |
![]() | 14 February 2022 | 14 February 2023 |
![]() | 19 June 2019 | 19 June 2020 |
![]() | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2023 |
![]() | 7 July 2020 | 7 July 2021 |
![]() | 25 October 2024 | 25 October 2025 |
![]() | 21 March 2023 | 21 March 2024 |
Amendment to article 8 (blinding laser weapons) (2017)
On 14 December 2017, during their 16th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8. The amendment inserted an article defining the use of blinding laser weapons as a war crime.
States parties to the amendment
Because the amendment is to article 8, it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it, one year after doing so. As of January 2025,[update] 21 states parties have ratified the amendment. The Rome Statute itself was amended on 2 April 2020 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
---|---|---|
![]() | 21 June 2024 | 21 June 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 17 May 2021 | 17 May 2022 |
![]() | 23 July 2024 | 23 July 2025 |
![]() | 10 July 2020 | 10 July 2021 |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
![]() | 15 April 2024 | 15 April 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 24 April 2020 | 24 April 2021 |
![]() | 25 June 2024 | 25 June 2025 |
![]() | 2 April 2019 | 2 April 2020 |
![]() | 20 January 2023 | 20 January 2024 |
![]() | 21 April 2020 | 21 April 2021 |
![]() | 14 October 2020 | 14 October 2021 |
![]() | 22 March 2021 | 22 March 2022 |
![]() | 14 February 2022 | 14 February 2023 |
![]() | 19 June 2019 | 19 June 2020 |
![]() | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2023 |
![]() | 7 July 2020 | 7 July 2021 |
![]() | 25 October 2024 | 25 October 2025 |
![]() | 21 March 2023 | 21 March 2024 |
Amendment to article 8 (starvation of civilians) (2019)
On 6 December 2019, at its ninth plenary meeting, the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8 defining the war crime of the intentional use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in armed conflicts not of an international character. The Rome Statute already makes the use of such means of warfare a war crime in international armed conflicts.
States parties to the amendment
Because the amendment is to article 8, it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it, one year after doing so. As of January 2025,[update] 19 states parties have ratified the amendment. The Rome Statute itself was amended on 14 October 2021 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it.
State | Ratified | Entry into force |
---|---|---|
![]() | 3 November 2020 | 3 November 2021 |
![]() | 21 June 2024 | 21 June 2025 |
![]() | 17 May 2021 | 17 May 2022 |
![]() | 23 July 2024 | 23 July 2025 |
![]() | 1 January 2025 | 1 January 2026 |
![]() | 15 April 2024 | 15 April 2025 |
![]() | 21 September 2023 | 21 September 2024 |
![]() | 21 January 2022 | 21 January 2023 |
![]() | 25 June 2024 | 25 June 2025 |
![]() | 4 August 2022 | 4 August 2023 |
![]() | 4 December 2020 | 4 December 2021 |
![]() | 14 October 2020 | 14 October 2021 |
![]() | 22 March 2021 | 22 March 2022 |
![]() | 26 May 2021 | 26 May 2022 |
![]() | 14 February 2022 | 14 February 2023 |
![]() | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2023 |
![]() | 21 September 2022 | 21 September 2023 |
![]() | 25 October 2024 | 25 October 2025 |
![]() | 21 March 2023 | 21 March 2024 |
Proposed amendments
A number of amendments have been proposed by states parties, but have either not been considered or adopted by the Assembly:
- African Union states parties have proposed allowing a state party that has jurisdiction over a situation before the Court to ask the United Nations Security Council to defer the matter, or alternatively, if the Security Council fails to make a decision the state party can ask the United Nations General Assembly to defer the matter.
- Kenya proposed several amendments, including making sitting heads of state immune from prosecution, subjecting ICC authorities to prosecution for crimes against the administration of justice, and granting the Independent Oversight Mechanism more authority.
- Mexico has proposed to list the use or the threat of use of nuclear weaponry as a war crime.
- The Netherlands has proposed adding terrorism as a prosecutable crime.
- Norway has proposed establishing a mechanism for allowing international or regional organizations to play a role in the enforcement of sentences.
- Trinidad and Tobago and Belize have proposed adding international drug trafficking as a prosecutable crime.
- Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu have proposed adding ecocide as a prosecutable crime.
- Costa Rica, Germany, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Vanuatu have proposed changing the Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression to harmonize it with the scheme that applies to other crimes.
Notes
- An amendment to articles 5, 6, 7, or 8 of the Statute only enters into force for states parties that have ratified the amendment.
- The amendment to article 8 (2010) has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The amendment to article 8 (2010) entered into force for Aruba on 21 December 2017; it has not been extended to Curaçao or Sint Maarten.
- The amendments on the crime of aggression (2010) have not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The amendments on the crime of aggression (2010) entered into force for Aruba on 21 December 2017; they have not been extended to Curaçao or Sint Maarten.
- The amendment to article 124 (2015) has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The Netherlands' acceptance of the amendment to article 124 (2015) has not been extended to Aruba or Sint Maarten.
- The amendment to article 8 (biological weapons) (2017) has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The Netherlands' acceptance of the amendment to article 8 (biological weapons) (2017) has not been extended to Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten.
- The amendment to article 8 (non-detectable fragments) (2017) has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The Netherlands' acceptance of the amendment to article 8 (non-detectable fragments) (2017) has not been extended to Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten.
- The amendment to article 8 (blinding laser weapons) (2017) has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The Netherlands' acceptance of the amendment to article 8 (blinding laser weapons) (2017) has not been extended to Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten.
- The amendment to article 8 (starvation of civilians) (2019) has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland.
- The Netherlands' acceptance of the amendment to article 8 (starvation of civilians) (2019) has not been extended to Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten.
References
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Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court must be proposed adopted and ratified in accordance with articles 121 and 122 of the Statute Any state party to the Statute can propose an amendment The proposed amendment can be adopted by a two thirds majority vote in either a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties or a review conference called by the Assembly An amendment comes into force for all states parties one year after it is ratified by seven eighths of the states parties However any amendment to articles 5 6 7 or 8 of the Statute only enters into force for states parties that have ratified the amendment A state party which ratifies an amendment to articles 5 6 7 or 8 is subject to that amendment one year after ratifying it regardless of how many other states parties have also ratified it For an article 5 6 7 or 8 amendment the Statute itself is amended after the amendment comes into force for the first state party to ratify it Amendments of a purely institutional nature enter into force six months after they are approved by a two thirds majority vote in either a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties or a review conference Summary of adopted amendments to the Rome StatuteIn June 2010 two sets of amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court were adopted by the Review Conference in Kampala Uganda The first amendment criminalizes the use of certain kinds of weapons in non international conflicts whose use was already forbidden in international conflicts The second set of amendments defines the crime of aggression It entered into force in May 2013 but its activation was tied to two conditions which were met in July 2018 In November 2015 an additional amendment to remove article 124 from the Statute was adopted during the 14th meeting of the Assembly of States Parties in The Hague in the Netherlands In December 2017 three amendments to article 8 were adopted at the 12th meeting of the Assembly of States Parties in New York City In December 2019 one additional amendment to article 8 was adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in The Hague Title Adopted at Adopted on Ratified by Entry into force In force for Ref Amendment to article 8 Kampala 10 June 2010 47 26 September 2012 45 Amendments on the crime of aggression Kampala 10 June 2010 47 8 May 2013 45 Amendment to article 124 The Hague 26 November 2015 24 0 Amendment to article 8 Weapons which use microbial or other biological agents or toxins New York 14 December 2017 23 2 April 2020 17 Amendment to article 8 Weapons the primary effect of which is to injure by fragments undetectable by x rays in the human body New York 14 December 2017 21 2 April 2020 15 Amendment to article 8 Blinding laser weapons New York 14 December 2017 21 2 April 2020 15 Amendment to article 8 Intentionally using starvation of civilians The Hague 6 December 2019 19 14 October 2021 13Amendment to article 8 2010 Summary An amendment to article 8 was adopted on 10 June 2010 at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala Uganda The amendment had originally been proposed by Belgium and it was forwarded to the Review Conference by the eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties The amendment adds to article 8 2 e three clauses which make it a war crime to employ poison asphyxiating poisonous or other gases and all analogous liquids materials or devices or expanding bullets in an armed conflict not of an international character The Rome Statute already makes the use of such means of warfare a war crime in international armed conflicts States parties to the amendment Because the amendment is to article 8 it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it one year after doing so As of January 2025 update 47 states parties have ratified the amendment The Rome Statute itself was amended on 26 September 2012 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it State Ratified Entry into force Andorra 26 September 2013 26 September 2014 Argentina 28 April 2017 28 April 2018 Austria 17 July 2014 17 July 2015 Belgium 26 November 2013 26 November 2014 Botswana 4 June 2013 4 June 2014 Chile 23 September 2016 23 September 2017 Costa Rica 5 February 2015 5 February 2016 Croatia 20 December 2013 20 December 2014 Cyprus 25 September 2013 25 September 2014 Czech Republic 12 March 2015 12 March 2016 Denmark 1 January 2025 1 January 2026 El Salvador 3 March 2016 3 March 2017 Estonia 27 March 2013 27 March 2014 Finland 30 December 2015 30 December 2016 Georgia 3 November 2015 3 November 2016 Germany 3 June 2013 3 June 2014 Guyana 28 September 2018 28 September 2019 Italy 26 January 2022 26 January 2023 Latvia 25 September 2014 25 September 2015 Liechtenstein 8 May 2012 8 May 2013 Lithuania 7 December 2015 7 December 2016 Luxembourg 15 January 2013 15 January 2014 Malta 30 January 2015 30 January 2016 Mauritius 5 September 2013 5 September 2014 Mexico 20 January 2023 20 January 2024 Mongolia 18 January 2021 18 January 2022 Netherlands 23 September 2016 23 September 2017 New Zealand 14 October 2020 14 October 2021 North Macedonia 1 March 2016 1 March 2017 Norway 10 June 2013 10 June 2014 Panama 6 December 2017 6 December 2018 Palestine 29 December 2017 29 December 2018 Paraguay 5 April 2019 5 April 2020 Peru 14 October 2022 14 October 2023 Poland 25 September 2014 25 September 2015 Portugal 11 April 2017 11 April 2018 Romania 14 February 2022 14 February 2023 Samoa 25 September 2012 25 September 2013 San Marino 26 September 2011 26 September 2012 Slovakia 28 April 2014 28 April 2015 Slovenia 25 September 2013 25 September 2014 Spain 25 September 2014 25 September 2015 Sweden 26 January 2022 26 January 2023 Switzerland 10 September 2015 10 September 2016 Trinidad and Tobago 13 November 2012 13 November 2013 Ukraine 25 October 2024 25 October 2025 Uruguay 26 September 2013 26 September 2014Amendments on the crime of aggression 2010 Summary Amendments on the crime of aggression were adopted on 11 June 2010 at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala Uganda The amendments were proposed by Liechtenstein which chaired the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression the committee directed by the Assembly of States Parties to form a definition for the crime of aggression which was originally absent from the Statute The amendments define the crime of aggression in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 Acts of aggression are invading another state bombing another state blockading the ports or coastlines of another state attacking the land sea or air forces or marine or sea fleets of another state violating a status of forces agreement using armed bands groups irregulars or mercenaries against another state allowing territory to be used by another state to perpetrate an act of aggression against a third state The amendments inserted a new article 8 bis after article 8 The resolution adopting them clarified that their entry into force is governed by article 121 paragraph 5 which applies to amendments to articles 5 to 8 While the amendments thus come into force for each ratifying state one year after ratification the amended text says that only crimes of aggression committed one year or more after the thirtieth ratification are within the jurisdiction of the Court Furthermore a decision had to be taken by the Assembly of States Parties with a two thirds majority vote after 1 January 2017 to actually activate jurisdiction On 26 June 2016 the State of Palestine became the 30th state party to ratify the amendments thus ensuring that the first condition would be fulfilled On 14 December 2017 the Assembly of States Parties adopted a resolution fulfilling the second condition activating the Court s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression as of 17 July 2018 While upon a United Nations Security Council referral the Prosecutor can open an investigation against the national of any state this is not the case with state referral and proprio motu investigations by the Prosecutor A state party can opt out of these amendments and nationals of non states parties are not subject to the Court s jurisdiction Additionally the Prosecutor must wait for a determination of the Security Council regarding an act of aggression If the Security Council determines an act of aggression has taken place the Prosecutor may proceed If the Security Council does not act within six months the Prosecutor can proceed provided that a Pre Trial Chamber approves that move The Security Council keeps its right to defer investigations for a period of one year States parties to the amendments As of January 2025 update 47 states parties have ratified the amendments The Rome Statute itself was amended on 8 May 2013 after the amendments came into force for the first state party to ratify them The Court gained jurisdiction over the crime of aggression on 17 July 2018 State Ratified Entry into force Andorra 26 September 2013 26 September 2014 Argentina 28 April 2017 28 April 2018 Austria 17 July 2014 17 July 2015 Belgium 26 November 2013 26 November 2014 Bolivia 10 December 2020 10 December 2021 Botswana 4 June 2013 4 June 2014 Chile 23 September 2016 23 September 2017 Costa Rica 5 February 2015 5 February 2016 Croatia 20 December 2013 20 December 2014 Cyprus 25 September 2013 25 September 2014 Czech Republic 12 March 2015 12 March 2016 Denmark 1 January 2025 1 January 2026 Ecuador 25 September 2019 25 September 2020 El Salvador 3 March 2016 3 March 2017 Estonia 27 March 2013 27 March 2014 Finland 30 December 2015 30 December 2016 Georgia 5 December 2014 5 December 2015 Germany 3 June 2013 3 June 2014 Guyana 28 September 2018 28 September 2019 Iceland 17 June 2016 17 June 2017 Italy 26 January 2022 26 January 2023 Ireland 27 September 2018 27 September 2019 Latvia 25 September 2014 25 September 2015 Liechtenstein 8 May 2012 8 May 2013 Lithuania 7 December 2015 7 December 2016 Luxembourg 15 January 2013 15 January 2014 Malta 30 January 2015 30 January 2016 Mongolia 18 January 2021 18 January 2022 Netherlands 23 September 2016 23 September 2017 Niger 14 April 2023 14 April 2024 North Macedonia 1 March 2016 1 March 2017 Palestine 26 June 2016 26 June 2017 Paraguay 5 April 2019 5 April 2020 Panama 6 December 2017 6 December 2018 Peru 14 October 2022 14 October 2023 Poland 25 September 2014 25 September 2015 Portugal 11 April 2017 11 April 2018 Samoa 25 September 2012 25 September 2013 San Marino 14 November 2014 14 November 2015 Slovakia 28 April 2014 28 April 2015 Slovenia 25 September 2013 25 September 2014 Spain 25 September 2014 25 September 2015 Sweden 26 January 2022 26 January 2023 Switzerland 10 September 2015 10 September 2016 Trinidad and Tobago 13 November 2012 13 November 2013 Ukraine 25 October 2024 25 October 2025 Uruguay 26 September 2013 26 September 2014Amendment to article 124 2015 On 26 November 2015 during their 14th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 124 in The Hague in the Netherlands The amendment deletes article 124 from the Rome Statute Article 124 is a transitional provision which allows a state upon becoming party to the Statute to declare that it does not accept the jurisdiction of the Court over war crimes committed in its territory or by its nationals for a period of seven years States parties to the amendment As of January 2025 update 24 states parties have ratified the amendment Per article 121 4 of the Rome Statute this amendment will enter into force for all states parties to the Rome Statute one year after seven eighths of states parties currently 109 states parties have ratified it State Ratified Entry into force Andorra 3 November 2020 TBD Austria 22 September 2017 TBD Belgium 16 May 2019 TBD Croatia 27 April 2018 TBD Cyprus 23 July 2024 TBD Denmark 1 January 2025 TBD Estonia 15 April 2024 TBD France 19 March 2018 TBD Finland 23 September 2016 TBD Germany 21 September 2023 TBD Italy 13 April 2018 TBD Latvia 24 April 2020 TBD Liechtenstein 21 January 2022 TBD Lithuania 25 June 2024 TBD Netherlands 20 March 2017 TBD Norway 1 July 2016 TBD Portugal 11 April 2017 TBD Romania 14 June 2018 TBD Slovakia 28 October 2016 TBD Slovenia 2 April 2019 TBD Spain 21 March 2022 TBD Sweden 26 January 2022 TBD Switzerland 14 December 2018 TBD Uruguay 21 March 2023 TBDAmendment to article 8 biological weapons 2017 On 14 December 2017 during their 16th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8 The amendment inserted an article defining the use of weapons which use microbial or other biological agents or toxins as a war crime States parties to the amendment Because the amendment is to article 8 it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it one year after doing so As of January 2025 update 23 states parties have ratified the amendment The Rome Statute itself was amended on 2 April 2020 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it State Ratified Entry into force Belgium 21 June 2024 21 June 2025 Chile 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Croatia 17 May 2021 17 May 2022 Cyprus 23 July 2024 23 July 2025 Czech Republic 10 July 2020 10 July 2021 Denmark 1 January 2025 1 January 2026 Estonia 15 April 2024 15 April 2025 Germany 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Latvia 24 April 2020 24 April 2021 Liechtenstein 21 January 2022 21 January 2023 Lithuania 25 June 2024 25 June 2025 Luxembourg 2 April 2019 2 April 2020 Mexico 20 January 2023 20 January 2024 Netherlands 21 April 2020 21 April 2021 New Zealand 14 October 2020 14 October 2021 Norway 22 March 2021 22 March 2022 Romania 14 February 2022 14 February 2023 Slovakia 19 June 2019 19 June 2020 Slovenia 1 December 2022 1 December 2023 Sweden 26 January 2022 26 January 2023 Switzerland 7 July 2020 7 July 2021 Ukraine 25 October 2024 25 October 2025 Uruguay 21 March 2023 21 March 2024Amendment to article 8 non detectable fragments 2017 On 14 December 2017 during their 16th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8 The amendment inserted an article defining the use of weapons the primary effect of which is to injure by fragments undetectable by x rays in the human body as a war crime States parties to the amendment Because the amendment is to article 8 it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it one year after doing so As of January 2025 update 21 states parties have ratified the amendment The Rome Statute itself was amended on 2 April 2020 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it State Ratified Entry into force Belgium 21 June 2024 21 June 2025 Chile 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Croatia 17 May 2021 17 May 2022 Cyprus 23 July 2024 23 July 2025 Czech Republic 10 July 2020 10 July 2021 Denmark 1 January 2025 1 January 2026 Estonia 15 April 2024 15 April 2025 Germany 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Latvia 24 April 2020 24 April 2021 Lithuania 25 June 2024 25 June 2025 Luxembourg 2 April 2019 2 April 2020 Mexico 20 January 2023 20 January 2024 Netherlands 21 April 2020 21 April 2021 New Zealand 14 October 2020 14 October 2021 Norway 22 March 2021 22 March 2022 Romania 14 February 2022 14 February 2023 Slovakia 19 June 2019 19 June 2020 Slovenia 1 December 2022 1 December 2023 Switzerland 7 July 2020 7 July 2021 Ukraine 25 October 2024 25 October 2025 Uruguay 21 March 2023 21 March 2024Amendment to article 8 blinding laser weapons 2017 On 14 December 2017 during their 16th meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8 The amendment inserted an article defining the use of blinding laser weapons as a war crime States parties to the amendment Because the amendment is to article 8 it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it one year after doing so As of January 2025 update 21 states parties have ratified the amendment The Rome Statute itself was amended on 2 April 2020 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it State Ratified Entry into force Belgium 21 June 2024 21 June 2025 Chile 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Croatia 17 May 2021 17 May 2022 Cyprus 23 July 2024 23 July 2025 Czech Republic 10 July 2020 10 July 2021 Denmark 1 January 2025 1 January 2026 Estonia 15 April 2024 15 April 2025 Germany 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Latvia 24 April 2020 24 April 2021 Lithuania 25 June 2024 25 June 2025 Luxembourg 2 April 2019 2 April 2020 Mexico 20 January 2023 20 January 2024 Netherlands 21 April 2020 21 April 2021 New Zealand 14 October 2020 14 October 2021 Norway 22 March 2021 22 March 2022 Romania 14 February 2022 14 February 2023 Slovakia 19 June 2019 19 June 2020 Slovenia 1 December 2022 1 December 2023 Switzerland 7 July 2020 7 July 2021 Ukraine 25 October 2024 25 October 2025 Uruguay 21 March 2023 21 March 2024Amendment to article 8 starvation of civilians 2019 On 6 December 2019 at its ninth plenary meeting the Assembly of States Parties adopted the amendment to article 8 defining the war crime of the intentional use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in armed conflicts not of an international character The Rome Statute already makes the use of such means of warfare a war crime in international armed conflicts States parties to the amendment Because the amendment is to article 8 it will come into force only for those states parties which have ratified it one year after doing so As of January 2025 update 19 states parties have ratified the amendment The Rome Statute itself was amended on 14 October 2021 after the amendment came into force for the first state party to ratify it State Ratified Entry into force Andorra 3 November 2020 3 November 2021 Belgium 21 June 2024 21 June 2025 Croatia 17 May 2021 17 May 2022 Cyprus 23 July 2024 23 July 2025 Denmark 1 January 2025 1 January 2026 Estonia 15 April 2024 15 April 2025 Germany 21 September 2023 21 September 2024 Liechtenstein 21 January 2022 21 January 2023 Lithuania 25 June 2024 25 June 2025 Luxembourg 4 August 2022 4 August 2023 Netherlands 4 December 2020 4 December 2021 New Zealand 14 October 2020 14 October 2021 Norway 22 March 2021 22 March 2022 Portugal 26 May 2021 26 May 2022 Romania 14 February 2022 14 February 2023 Slovenia 1 December 2022 1 December 2023 Switzerland 21 September 2022 21 September 2023 Ukraine 25 October 2024 25 October 2025 Uruguay 21 March 2023 21 March 2024Proposed amendmentsA number of amendments have been proposed by states parties but have either not been considered or adopted by the Assembly African Union states parties have proposed allowing a state party that has jurisdiction over a situation before the Court to ask the United Nations Security Council to defer the matter or alternatively if the Security Council fails to make a decision the state party can ask the United Nations General Assembly to defer the matter Kenya proposed several amendments including making sitting heads of state immune from prosecution subjecting ICC authorities to prosecution for crimes against the administration of justice and granting the Independent Oversight Mechanism more authority Mexico has proposed to list the use or the threat of use of nuclear weaponry as a war crime The Netherlands has proposed adding terrorism as a prosecutable crime Norway has proposed establishing a mechanism for allowing international or regional organizations to play a role in the enforcement of sentences Trinidad and Tobago and Belize have proposed adding international drug trafficking as a prosecutable crime Fiji Samoa and Vanuatu have proposed adding ecocide as a prosecutable crime Costa Rica Germany Sierra Leone Slovenia and Vanuatu have proposed changing the Court s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression to harmonize it with the scheme that applies to other crimes NotesAn amendment to articles 5 6 7 or 8 of the Statute only enters into force for states parties that have ratified the amendment The amendment to article 8 2010 has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The amendment to article 8 2010 entered into force for Aruba on 21 December 2017 it has not been extended to Curacao or Sint Maarten The amendments on the crime of aggression 2010 have not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The amendments on the crime of aggression 2010 entered into force for Aruba on 21 December 2017 they have not been extended to Curacao or Sint Maarten The amendment to article 124 2015 has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The Netherlands acceptance of the amendment to article 124 2015 has not been extended to Aruba or Sint Maarten The amendment to article 8 biological weapons 2017 has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The Netherlands acceptance of the amendment to article 8 biological weapons 2017 has not been extended to Aruba Curacao or Sint Maarten The amendment to article 8 non detectable fragments 2017 has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The Netherlands acceptance of the amendment to article 8 non detectable fragments 2017 has not been extended to Aruba Curacao or Sint Maarten The amendment to article 8 blinding laser weapons 2017 has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The Netherlands acceptance of the amendment to article 8 blinding laser weapons 2017 has not been extended to Aruba Curacao or Sint Maarten The amendment to article 8 starvation of civilians 2019 has not been extended to the Faroe Islands or Greenland The Netherlands acceptance of the amendment to article 8 starvation of civilians 2019 has not been extended to Aruba Curacao or Sint Maarten ReferencesArticles 121 3 4 and 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Article 121 5 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Article 122 2 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Resolution RC Res 5 Amendments to article 8 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