The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute concluded its eighth session on 26 November 2009. Among the more important results of the Assembly was the decision that the much anticipated review conference is to be held in Kampala, Uganda between 31 May and 11 June 2010. The review conference will be the first such conference. Its convening is provided for in Art. 123(1) of the Rome Statute. According to this provision the UN Secretary General is to call together the conference 7 years after the entry into force of the Rome Statute, which occurred on 1 July 2002,…