Sweden accepts amendments to the Rome Statute regarding e.g., the crime of aggression

The crime of aggression, a crime that has been added to the Rome Statute, is part of the so-called Kampala amendments which were decided upon at the 2010 conference in Kampala, Uganda. The crime of aggression includes acts that constitute an attack on another state during peacetime. It entered into force on July 17, 2018, after it had been ratified by 30 States Parties. The Kampala amendments also give the ICC jurisdiction over additional war crimes including the use of certain types of weapons, such as poison or poisoned weapons, gas, and certain types of ammunition.

Apart from the Kampala amendments, Sweden also deposited its instruments of acceptance regarding an amendment from 2015 concerning the deletion of Article 124 of the Rome Statute, which allows a state, when it becomes a party to the Rome Statute, to keep the ICC from exercising jurisdiction over war crimes during a period of seven years. Sweden also accepts amendments from 2017, regarding war crimes including the use of e.g., biological and laser weapons.

The legislative changes entered into force in Sweden on January 1, 2022, after that the Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag, had approved the amendments on October 27, 2021 (proposition 2020/21:204).