Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Party

Ireland added

• Ratification: 23-09-2026 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-09-2027
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Seychelles added

• Ratification: 01-07-2025 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-07-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Timor-Leste added

• Ratification: 30-05-2025 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-05-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Denmark modified

• Reservations / Declarations: Yes

• added reservation
  01-01-2025
  Territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Party

Denmark added

• Ratification: 01-01-2025 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-01-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Ukraine added

• Ratification: 25-10-2024 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-10-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Mexico added

• Ratification: 20-01-2023 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-01-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 23-09-2017

Netherlands (Bonaire)

• Entry into force: 23-09-2017

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

• Entry into force: 23-09-2017

Netherlands (Saba)

• Entry into force: 23-09-2017

Aruba

• Entry into force: 21-12-2017

Party

Andorra

• Ratification: 26-09-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-09-2014

Argentina

• Ratification: 28-04-2017 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-04-2018

Austria

• Ratification: 17-07-2014 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-07-2015

Belgium

• Ratification: 26-11-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-11-2014

Botswana

• Ratification: 04-06-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-06-2014

Chile

• Ratification: 23-09-2016 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-09-2017

Costa Rica

• Ratification: 05-02-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-02-2016

Croatia

• Ratification: 20-12-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-12-2014

Cyprus

• Ratification: 25-09-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2014

El Salvador

• Ratification: 03-03-2016 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-03-2017

Estonia

• Ratification: 27-03-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-03-2014

Finland

• Ratification: 30-12-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-12-2016

Georgia

• Ratification: 03-11-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-11-2016

Germany

• Ratification: 03-06-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-06-2014

Guyana

• Ratification: 28-09-2018 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-09-2019

Italy

• Ratification: 26-01-2022 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-2023

Latvia

• Ratification: 25-09-2014 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2015

Liechtenstein

• Ratification: 08-05-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-05-2013

Lithuania

• Ratification: 07-12-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-12-2016

Luxembourg

• Ratification: 15-01-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-01-2014

Malta

• Ratification: 30-01-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-01-2016

Mauritius

• Ratification: 05-09-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-09-2014

Mongolia

• Ratification: 18-01-2021 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-01-2022

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Ratification: 23-09-2016 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-09-2017

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 01-03-2016 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-03-2017

Norway

• Ratification: 10-06-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-06-2014

Palestine

• Ratification: 29-12-2017 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-12-2018

Panama

• Ratification: 06-12-2017 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-12-2018

Paraguay

• Ratification: 05-04-2019 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-04-2020

Peru

• Ratification: 14-10-2022 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-10-2023

Poland

• Ratification: 25-09-2014 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2015

Portugal

• Ratification: 11-04-2017 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-04-2018

Romania

• Ratification: 14-02-2022 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-02-2023

Samoa

• Ratification: 25-09-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2013

San Marino

• Ratification: 26-09-2011 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-09-2012

Slovakia

• Ratification: 28-04-2014 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-04-2015

Slovenia

• Ratification: 25-09-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2014

Spain

• Ratification: 25-09-2014 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2015

Sweden

• Ratification: 26-01-2022 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-2023

Switzerland

• Ratification: 10-09-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-09-2016

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 13-11-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-11-2013

Uruguay

• Ratification: 26-09-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-09-2014

Czech Republic

• Ratification: 12-03-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-03-2016
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  12-03-2015
  The Czech Republic interprets the Amendment to article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Kampala, 10 June 2010) as having the following meaning: (i) The prohibition to employ gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices, set out in article 8, paragraph 2 (e) (xiv), is interpreted in line with the obligations arising from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction of 1993. (ii) The prohibition to employ bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions, does not apply to the use of such bullets during activities of police nature in the context of law enforcement and maintenance of public order, which do not constitute direct participation an armed conflict, such as rescuing hostages and neutralizing civil aircraft hijackers.

New Zealand

• Ratification: 14-10-2020 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-10-2021
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  14-10-2020
  The prohibition on employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions, does not apply to the use of such bullets by police or armed forces in the context of law enforcement, where the intent of the use is to avoid incidental civilian injury or damage.