Arne Bardelle
Blogbeitrag
2025
The commendable efforts to enable the International Criminal Court (ICC) to effectively prosecute the crime of aggression have, for now, stalled. On 9 July 2025, during a Special Session in New York, States Parties to the Rome Statute decided by consensus to postpone consideration of an amendment proposal, aimed at closing existing jurisdictional gaps, until 2029. The proposal, put forward by a cross-regional Group of Friends, was fiercely opposed by a vocal minority of states – most prominently France, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Japan – and ultimately failed to be adopted.
