The Crime of Aggression in the Statute of the International Criminal Court. Aspects of Criminal Procedural Law

The article titled “The Crime of Aggression under the Statute of the International Criminal Court: Aspects of Criminal Procedural Law,” written by Dragoș-Enrico Dediu, Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Justice, was published in A.U.B.D. – Legal Forum No. 1/2026.

This study is a continuation of the previous paper on substantive law issues related to the crime of aggression and aims to further the analysis by presenting the criminal procedural implications arising from the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over this crime, in particular, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 15bis and 15ter of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The study examines the distinct procedural rules regarding jurisdiction over the investigation of the crime of aggression, as well as the various forms of international cooperation concerning this crime that have begun to take place in the context of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine. At the same time, the study also analyzes aspects related to the prosecution, adjudication, and international cooperation regarding the crime of aggression from the perspective of national criminal procedural law.