Uitvoering 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, met correcties in Trb. 2018, 200)

This Dutch legislative procedure would implement an amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute, the treaty that founded the International Criminal Court. The amendment was adopted in New York on 14 December 2017 and extends the list of war crimes to cover the use of starvation of civilians in non-international armed conflicts. The bill gives the amendment effect in Dutch law. This summary is based on the procedure's metadata only, not the full legislative text. The change mainly affects individuals who could be prosecuted for war crimes, as well as states that are parties to the Rome Statute, including the Netherlands. It sets the legal framework under which such conduct can be investigated and prosecuted before the ICC.