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31 - 1996 PrepCom Compilation of Proposals (excerpts)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2014

Stefan Barriga
Affiliation:
United Nations, New York
Claus Kreß
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln
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AGGRESSION

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[1. Aggression means an act committed by an individual who, as leader or organizer, is involved in the use of armed force by a State against the territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations.]

[1. The crime of aggression is committed by a person who is in a position of exercising control or capable of directing political/military actions in his State, against another State, in contravention to the Charter of the United Nations, by resorting to armed force, to threaten or violate that State's sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence.]

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2. Acts constituting aggression include the following:

[(a) the invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State, or any military occupation, however, temporary, resulting from such invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof;

(b) bombardment by the armed forces of a State against the territory of another State, [or the use of any weapons by a State against the territory of another State.]

(c) the blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State;

(d) an attack by the armed forces of a State on the land, sea or air forces, or marine and air fleets of another State;

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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