Ireland and the Rome Statute
| Signature, Ratification of/Accession to the Rome Statute of the ICC
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| Signature Date: |
7 October 1998 |
| Ratification Date: |
11 April 2002 |
| Amendments to the Rome Statute
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| Ratification of the Kampala Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [poison and expanding bullets in NIAC] (2010): |
No |
| Ratification of the Kampala Amendment to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression reflected in Article 8 bis (2010): |
Yes, ratified on 27 September 2018. |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 124 of the Rome Statute (2015): |
No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [biological weapons] (2017): |
No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [blinding laser weapons] (2017): |
No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [non-detectable fragments] (2017): |
No |
| Ratification of the Amendments to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [starvation as a war crime in NIAC] (2019): |
No |
| Adoption of implementation legislation of the Rome Statute of the ICC |
| Ireland has adopted full implementing legislation of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity via the International Criminal Court Act of 2006. However, Part 2(6) of the same act explicitly establishes that Art. 8(2)(b)(xx) of the Rome Statute, is not considered as a war crime. The Act of 2006, under Part 3, contain domestic provisions on cooperation with the ICC and include the general principles under the Rome Statute. |
| Cooperation Agreements |
| Ratification of Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court (APIC): |
Yes, ratified on 20 November 2006. |
| Signature of Agreement of Enforcement Sentences with the ICC: |
No. |
| Signature of Agreement of Interim and Final Release with the ICC: |
No. |
| Signature of Bilateral Immunity Agreement with the USA: |
No. |
