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A Review Conference of the Rome Statute took place from 31 May to 11 June 2010, in Kampala, Uganda〔http://www.icc-cpi.int/menus/asp/asp%20events/asp%20calendar%202010/review%20conference?lan=en-GB〕 to consider amendments to the treaty that founded the International Criminal Court. The International Criminal Court was established in 2002 by the Rome Statute as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals accused of the most serious crimes of international concern. The Rome Statute provided that a review conference be held seven years after the entry into force, which happened in July 2002.〔See Article 123 of the Rome Statute〕 ==Scope of Conference== The Review Conference considered amendments to the Rome Statute and the Statute made specific reference to reviewing the list of crimes within the court's jurisdiction. The final resolution when the Rome Statute was signed specifically recommended that the review should reconsider including drug trafficking and terrorism in the list of crimes, and also agreeing on a definition of aggression so that the court can exercise its jurisdiction over this crime.〔〔Amnesty International, 2 November 2006. (International Criminal Court: Concerns at the fifth session of the Assembly of States Parties ). Accessed 2006-12-05.〕 Two amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court were adopted. The first one is to extend the jurisdiction of the Court over some war crimes committed in non-international conflicts for which it already had jurisdiction if committed in international conflicts. The second one defines the crime of aggression and lays out conditions for the jurisdiction of the Court to be in force. The transitional provision of Article 124 regarding the war crimes opt-out was also discussed at the review conference but it was decided to retain it for the time being. There was some disagreement as to whether the amendment relating to the definition of the crime of aggression needs ratification by seven eighths of the states parties (as a change of institutional provisions would) to enter into force or if it comes only in force for those countries that have ratified it (as a change of crime provisions would and as the amendment itself puts it).〔(Discussion paper proposed by the Chairman ), ''International Criminal Court - Assembly of State Parties'', 2007-01-16, accessed on 2007-10-14 See footnote 1 on page 3〕 With the latter view prevailing, the Security Council could also refer to the Court a situation regarding a crime of aggression allegedly committed by a national of a non-state party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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