Czech Republic deposited the instruments of acceptance to the Amendments to the Rome Statute

12.03.2015 / 02:28 | Aktualizováno: 26.03.2015 / 01:11

On 12 March 2015 the Czech Republic deposited the instruments of acceptance to the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court concerning the crime of aggression and Article 8 defining war crimes. The Czech Republic is among the first thirty states to deposit these instruments. Support of the International Criminal Court is one of the key pillars of Czech foreign policy.

The instruments were presented by H.E. Ms. Edita Hrdá, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Sidiki Kaba, President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, and Mr. Stefan Barriga, Deputy Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations.