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ICC's Review Conference: Will Two Weeks Be Enough?

Dominik’s earlier post calls attention to a very important event, the ICC’s Review Conference which starts today in Kampala, Uganda. The agenda for the conference includes a stocktaking exercise, including discussion of the impact of the Rome Statute system on victims and affected communities; and, issues of peace and justice, including managing the challenges of integrating justice efforts and peace processes. Amendments to the Rome Statute include the possible deletion of article 124, which allows for a seven years opting-out from the Court’s jurisdiction, amendments to article 8 on war crimes, and the introduction in the Statute of the definition of…