Reference: C.N.394.2020.TREATIES-XVIII.10.g (Depositary Notification)

ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
ROME, 17 JULY 1998

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 8 OF THE ROME STATUTE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
(INTENTIONALLY USING STARVATION OF CIVILIANS)

THE HAGUE, 6 DECEMBER 2019

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 8

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary, communicates the following:

On 6 December 2019, at its 9th plenary meeting, the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted by Resolution ICC-ASP/18/Res.5, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 121 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, an amendment to article 8 in order to insert a new article 8-2-e)-xix) relating to intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies.

In accordance with its article 121, paragraph 5, "[a]ny amendment to articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Statute shall enter into force for those States Parties which have accepted the amendment one year after the deposit of their instruments of ratification or acceptance".

A copy of the text of the amendment in the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, is attached as an annex.

15 September 2020

ANNEX

English

Amendment to be inserted as article 8-2-e)-xix) of the Rome Statute

Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies.