Resolution ICC-ASP/1/Res.1 Continuity of work in respect of the crime of aggression (2002)

The Assembly of States Parties,

Recalling paragraph 2 of article 5 of the Rome Statute,

Recalling also paragraph 7 of resolution F, adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998,

Desirous of continuing and completing the work on the crime of aggression,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court on the crime of aggression;1

2. Decides to establish a special working group on the crime of aggression, open on an equal footing to all States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, for the purpose of elaborating proposals for a provision on aggression in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 5 of the Statute and paragraph 7 of resolution F adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998;

3. Decides also that the special working group shall submit such proposals to the Assembly for its consideration at a Review Conference, with a view to arriving at an acceptable provision on the crime of aggression for inclusion in the Statute in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Statute;

4. Decides further that the special working group shall meet during the regular sessions of the Assembly or at any other time that the Assembly deems appropriate and feasible;

5. Requests the Bureau of the Assembly to prepare a proposal for the meetings of the special working group and to submit the proposal, with its budgetary implications, at the earliest possible session with a view to holding the first meeting of the special working group in 2003.

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