
Reference: C.N.394.2020.TREATIES-XVIII.10.g (Depositary
Notification)
ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT
ROME, 17 JULY 1998
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.