ASP 2017: Day Nine Summary – Marathon diplomatic negotiation criminalizes aggressive war at ICC
Assembly of States Parties 2017
Marathon diplomatic negotiation criminalizes aggressive war at ICC
Summary Day Nine Assembly of States Parties 2017
In the very early hours of 15 December, 123 states reached consensus on bringing justice one step closer for victims of aggressive wars.
For the first time since the post-WWII trials in Nuremburg and Tokyo, an international court may be able to hold leaders individually criminally responsible for the crime of aggression, at times referred to as the ‘Crime against Peace’.
States elect five women and one man to serve nine year terms as ICC judges.
As five of the six outgoing ICC judges are women, the Coalition campaigned to ensure that female candidates were nominated by states to ensure fair gender representation on the ICC bench.
We urged states to seek out the very best and most qualified female candidates to uphold this fundamental standard.
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