Slovakia ratifies Kampala Amendments: On 28 April 2014, State Secretary Peter Burian deposited Slovakia’s instrument of ratification of the Kampala Amendments at the United Nations. Slovakia is the 14^th State to have ratified the Kampala Amendments on the Crime of Aggression, the fourth Eastern European State and the seventh NATO Member State to do so. The Ratification comes on the eve of the regional workshop on the Kampala Amendments for the Eastern European region, which will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 15 & 16 May. See our upcoming events page for more information.

Photo © UN/Win Khine: UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Miguel de Serpa Soares (second from right) accepts Slovakia’s instrument of ratification from State Secretary Peter Burian (second from left). Ambassador Tiina Intelmann, President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (on the right) and Ambassador Christian Wenaweser of Liechtenstein (on the left) witness the event.