Legal Commentary

The ICC and Crime of Aggression

By Kenneth Anderson

Over at Opinio Juris, some first-wave discussion of the agreement on the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and the crime of aggression.  Kevin Jon Heller and Julian Ku ? not sparring, but instead trying to give an initial read on the deal.  A great deal of discussion is about to ensue over this deal, stay tuned at Opinio Juris.  I myself think the attempt to judicialize aggression is as much madness as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and wonder, to boot, whether the surest sign of an impending resurgence of deeply dangerous great power multipolar rivalries is a historical overreach of international law.  But to get a sense of what the deal is, check in at Opinio Juris.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on June 13, 2010 (boomark / email).