Goedkeuring van de op 14 december 2017 te New York aanvaarde wijziging van artikel 8 van het Statuut van Rome inzake het Internationaal Strafhof (Trb. 2018, 74 en Trb. 2018, 200)

This procedure concerns the Dutch parliament's approval of an amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The amendment was adopted in New York on 14 December 2017 by States Parties to the Statute. Article 8 lists the war crimes the Court can prosecute. The amendment changes that list, which is why it requires national ratification or approval. This summary is based on the title and metadata only, not the full text of the amendment. The change mainly affects how war crimes are defined in armed conflicts that are not between states. Individuals who may commit such crimes, and the States Parties that approve the amendment, are the main groups concerned. The Netherlands, as host state of the Court, is directly involved in its approval.