Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of ICC

Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of ICC Abstract The jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the Crime of Aggression, which has been defined at the Review Conference in Kampala, 2010, will be activated on 17th of July 2018. This paper is summarizing more than seventy years of continuing development of a definition of the Crime of Aggression which has started after the Second World War during so-called Nurnberg Trials (a forerunner of the Crime of Aggression - Crimes Against Peace have been tried during these trials) and which will be, at least for now, completed upon the activation of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and upon a completion of the Rome Statute. This paper deals not only with the history of the Crime of Aggression but also with its position as a crime under the international law with a connection to other crimes which can be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court. Furthermore, it analyses the main elements of the crime with a focus on difficulties which can potentially come up once they are used in practice. A special part of this paper is focused on jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the Crime of Aggression, which has not quite met expectations from international society, as it seems that in case of state referral or..