ICC Adds Aggression to List of Crimes Despite US Opposition
At least seven years too late for these two, but the ICC has approved new language to make 'wars of aggression' a prosecutable offense by adopting a new resolution. Under the administration of President George W. Bush, the United States had virtually no involvement with the ICC.
June 15, 2010 In a move that international lawyers describe as "a giant leap," members of the International Criminal Court agreed to add aggression to the court's short list of prosecutable crimes.
The United States opposed the resolution, but as a non-member of the eight-year old court, had no ability to block the adoption.
Still, it was notable that the United States even showed up for the debate.
State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp led a sizeable U.S. delegation to a two week meeting in Kampala, Uganda. It ended early in the morning on Saturday with the consensus adoption of the definition of aggression and mechanisms for triggering an investigation. Continued
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