The Review Conference of the Rome Statute (or the ICC Review Conference) will take place in Kampala, Uganda, from 31 May to 11 June.
NEW YORK, May 27, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will speak at the opening of the Conference on the morning of Monday, 31 May.
The Review Conference constitutes a special meeting of States Parties to the International Criminal Court to consider amendments to the Rome Statute and to “take stock of its implementation and impact”.
The three proposals for amendments to the Statute which will be discussed at the Conference are:
Revision of Article 124 (the “opt out” provision);
The inclusion of a definition of the “crime of aggression”;
The expansion of the use of “certain weapons” as war crimes in the context of an armed conflict not of an international character.
More information on the Conference, including amendment proposals and a work programme, are available at the Conference website:
http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ASP/ReviewConference
Other interesting information:
A summary of the Review Conference seminar, held at UN Headquarters in New York in April, with statements by the Secretary-General and ICC officials, is available here: http://bit.ly/ICCreviewseminar
A summary of the press conference held at UN Headquarters by the President of the Assembly of States Parties, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser from Liechtenstein is available here: http://bit.ly/ICCreviewUNHQpressconf
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UNITED NATIONS
