In 1998, at the Rome Conference that adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Statute"), the crime was included as one of the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court (Article 5.1) and over which any State that becomes party to the Statute accepts the Court’s jurisdiction (Article 12.1).
1998年，《罗马规约》通过时，侵略罪列入了国际刑事法院管辖的罪名之中（条款5.1），任何罗马规约成员国都必须接受法庭的管辖（条款12.1）。