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52 - 1998 Proposal by Arab States and Iran (9 July)

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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Option 2

Amend paragraph 1 as follows:

“1. For the purpose of this Statute, 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, or to deprive other peoples of their rights to self-determination, freedom and independence, in contravention of the Charter of the United Nations, by resorting to armed force to threaten or violate the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of that State or the inalienable rights of those peoples.

2. Acts constituting aggression include the following:

  1. (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 an invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof;

  2. (b) Bombardment by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State or the use of any weapons by a State against the territory of another State;

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

  4. (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;

  5. (e) The use of armed forces of one State which are within the territory of another State with the agreement of the receiving State in contravention of the conditions provided for in the agreement, or any extension of their presence in such territory beyond the termination of the agreement;

  6. […]

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Print publication year: 2011

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