Zambia is a State party to the Rome Statute of the ICC.

Rome Statute

Zambia signed on 17 July 1998 and deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 13 November 2002.
 

Kampala Amendments of 2010

Zambia has not yet ratified the Amendments to the Rome Statute adopted by the 2010 Review Conference (Kampala Amendments) on the crime of aggression and on the use of certain weapons in armed conflict not of an international character.

Zambia attended the Review Conference and joined the consensus to adopt the two Kampala Amendments.

Status on Domestic Implementation of the Rome Statute

During a workshop organized in 2006 by the CICC and Zambia’s national coalition, the Minister of Justice pledged to start the implementation process. However, the elections and constitutional changes that followed have delayed progress.
 

Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court (APIC)

Zambia has not signed the APIC.
 

Additional Agreements

Zambia signed the Bilateral Non Surrender Agreement with the USA on July 1, 2003.
 

Additional Relevant Information

As a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific community (ACP), and as signatory of the revised Cotonou Agreement with of the ACP and European Union, Zambia has recognized the importance of the ICC as a mechanism for peace and international justice, and has committed to promote the ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute, to seek to take steps towards the ratification and the implementation of the Rome Some Statute, and to fight against international crime giving due regard to the Rome Statute.

Last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was conducted in October 2012 and Zambia received Rome Statute recommendations by Slovakia. Next UPR will take place in April 2017.