This is the VOA Special English Development Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Member countries of the International Criminal Court met this month in Kampala, Uganda. They were there to examine the court’s progress for the first time. Observers, human rights activists and civil society groups also attended the two-week review conference. A treaty called the Rome Statute established the court in The Hague, in the Netherlands, in two thousand two. The court can try people for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity when their own countries are unwilling or unable to. The court was also given the right to try crimes of aggression, although it never has. This is partly because ICC members could not agree on how to define aggression. In Kampala they agreed on a compromise resolution. It defines the crime in terms of acts by a political or military leader against another state in violation of the United Nations Charter. Invasions, attacks and blockades could all be tried as acts of aggression. So could letting another country use a state’s territory for aggressive acts against a third state. The United Nations Security Council has the lead responsibility for deciding that an act of aggression has taken place. But if the council takes no action within six months, the court might still be able to carry out an investigation. Critics pointed out that the agreement does not permit the court to punish aggression by non-member countries or their nationals. Also …
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