International Criminal Court: Declarations amounting to prohibited reservations to the Rome Statute
Although Article 120 of the Rome Statute provides that no reservations may be made to the Statute, unilateral declarations which specify or clarify the meaning of certain provisions are not prohibited. Amnesty International is seriously concerned that some declarations made upon ratification by some states amount to disguised reservations. In this report Amnesty International examines declarations made by six states parties and concludes that a number of them amount to reservations. The legal analysis sets out in detail the organization’s concerns and calls on all states, in becoming party to the Rome Statue, not to make any kind of unilateral statement which could defeat the object and purpose of the Statute or in any way undermine its text. In addition, states parties which have made declarations inconsistent with the Rome Statute should withdraw them. The International Criminal Court (Court) should not be limited in the exercise of its competence by the declarations made by states parties and should give its own interpretation of the Rome Statute in full independence.
Institutions: | Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales (CAEI) ; Amnesty International |
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Subject: | Amnesty International | International Criminal Court | Rome Statute | ICC |
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