Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of documents
- I Introduction to the negotiation history
- II Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression
- III Historical documents
- IV Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010)
- 1995 Ad Hoc Committee
- 1996 Preparatory Committee, First and Second Session
- February 1997
- December 1997
- January 1998
- March/April 1998
- 1998
- February 1999
- July/August 1999
- November/December 1999
- March 2000
- November/December 2000
- February/March 2001
- September/October 2001
- April 2002
- July 2002
- September 2002
- September 2003
- June 2004
- June 2005
- December 2005
- 93 2005 Discussion Paper 1
- 94 2005 Discussion Paper 2
- 95 2005 Discussion Paper 3
- 96 2005 SWGCA Report
- June 2006
- November 2006
- January 2007
- June 2007
- December 2007
- June 2008
- November 2008
- February 2009
- April 2009
- June 2009
- November 2009
- March 2010
- May/June 2010
- V Index of Travaux Préparatoires
96 - 2005 SWGCA Report
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of documents
- I Introduction to the negotiation history
- II Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression
- III Historical documents
- IV Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010)
- 1995 Ad Hoc Committee
- 1996 Preparatory Committee, First and Second Session
- February 1997
- December 1997
- January 1998
- March/April 1998
- 1998
- February 1999
- July/August 1999
- November/December 1999
- March 2000
- November/December 2000
- February/March 2001
- September/October 2001
- April 2002
- July 2002
- September 2002
- September 2003
- June 2004
- June 2005
- December 2005
- 93 2005 Discussion Paper 1
- 94 2005 Discussion Paper 2
- 95 2005 Discussion Paper 3
- 96 2005 SWGCA Report
- June 2006
- November 2006
- January 2007
- June 2007
- December 2007
- June 2008
- November 2008
- February 2009
- April 2009
- June 2009
- November 2009
- March 2010
- May/June 2010
- V Index of Travaux Préparatoires
Summary
Introduction
1. The Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court held three meetings on 30 November and 1 December 2005. Ambassador Christian Wenaweser served as Chairperson of the Special Working Group.
2. The Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties provided the substantive servicing for the Group.
3. The Special Working Group had before it the outcome of an informal intersessional meeting held in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, from 13 to 15 June 2005 contained in document ICC-ASP/4/SWGCA/INF.1. At the first meeting of the Group, the Chairperson presented an overview of the report of the intersessional meeting. In doing so, he expressed his regret that the delegation of Cuba had again, despite representations both by himself and by the President of the Assembly, been denied a travel permit by the host State and had therefore been unable to attend the informal intersessional meeting in Princeton. The Chairperson pointed out that the intersessional had again been held in English only, as had the intersessional meetings held in Syracuse, Sicily, in preparation for the Rome Conference. He expressed his willingness to arrange for translation services, if delegations had a very strong preference in this respect, but also made it clear that such arrangements would lead to a huge increase in the total costs of the meetings and that it would be difficult to secure the relevant funding. He requested the Special Working Group to adopt the report and use it as the basis for future discussions on the crime of aggression. […]
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- The Travaux Préparatoires of the Crime of Aggression , pp. 487 - 490Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011