abstract:The Crime of Aggression is a crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The definitions and the conditions for the exercise of jurisdiction over this crime was adopted by consensus at the 2010 Kampala Review Conference by the States Parties to the Court.
She told her superiors that an invasion of the country without UN sanction would be a "crime ofaggression" before stepping down from her post as deputy legal adviser to the Foreign Secretary.
Under it, any political or military leader would be guilty of the crimeofaggression if he exercises control or direction over any use of armed force that represents a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter.