Crime of Agression: Comprehensive Study on the Kampala Amendment of the ICC Statute

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23243008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: MAYAMA Akira 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (80190560)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANAKA Toshiyuki 法政大学, 法学部, 教授 (60114980) ; MORIKAWA Koichi 専修大学, 法学部, 教授 (70134434) ; FURUYA Shuichi 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 教授 (50209194) ; KO Keiko 三重大学, 人文学部, 教授 (00314104) ; ARAI Kyo 同志社大学, 法学部, 教授 (10319436)
• Research Collaborator: KIHARA Masaki 神戸学院大学, 法学部, 准教授 (90461011) ; KONO Keiko 防衛省防衛研究所, 主任研究官
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 国際法 / 国際刑事法 / 国際刑事裁判所 / 侵略犯罪 / 侵略行為 / 平和に対する罪 / ローマ規程 / ICC

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this project is to comprehensively analyse the Kampala Amendment of the International Criminal Cpurt(ICC) Statute on the Crime of Aggression. The issues which it has examined are: the definitions of act of aggression and crime of aggression; elements of crime of aggression; conditions of exercise of jurisdiction, scope of control by the UN Security Council; character and forms of individual criminal responsibility, cooperation between the ICC and States. In addition to these analysis on articles, the project considers the role and function of the ICC in the field of international security and its interrelationship with the UN Security Council.
Furthermore, this study provides important guidelines to the Japanese Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, when they consider the accession of Japan to the Amendment. The project could also show issues which should be discussed at the National Diet when it approves the Japanese accession.

Free Research Field

国際法