The Crime of Aggression in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

In December of 2017, within the framework of the Rome Statute that creates the International Criminal Court, the 16th Assembly of States Parties adopted by consensus the Resolution ICC-ASP / 16 / Res.5, entitled «Activation of the jurisdiction of the Court over the crime of aggression». Under the af...

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Autor: Burneo Labrín, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/20331
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/agendainternacional/article/view/20331
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:International Criminal Law
international crimes
International Criminal Court
international criminal jurisdiction
crime of aggression
Rome Statute
Derecho Penal Internacional
crímenes internacionales
Corte Penal Internacional
jurisdicción penal internacional
crimen de agresión
Estatuto de Roma
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Sumario:In December of 2017, within the framework of the Rome Statute that creates the International Criminal Court, the 16th Assembly of States Parties adopted by consensus the Resolution ICC-ASP / 16 / Res.5, entitled «Activation of the jurisdiction of the Court over the crime of aggression». Under the aforementioned Resolution, it was established: (i) the definition of the crime of aggression adopted in 2010 by the Conference of States Parties to the Rome  Statute, held in Kampala (Uganda) has become applicable. Likewise, the universal scope of the criminal sanction of this crime is reaffirmed, by virtue of non-conventional international legal norms, like customary norms or jus cogens, and (ii) effective jurisdiction is granted to a jurisdictional body, the International Criminal Court, in order to administer justice with respect to the crime of aggression. In this paper it will be addressed the question of the definition of the crime of aggression under the Statute of Rome and its universal impact (Section I) and, then, the question of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court on this crime (Section II).