DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251316000308. Published online: 21 December 2016.

In the above mentioned article [Reference  CHEAH1] in the section B. Multiple Side-switching and the Military’s Treatment of its Own Troops, in the fifth paragraph, in the sentence ‘This law does not attempt to regulate how states treat their own forces.’, the author would like to add text so it reads ‘Historical understanding is that this law does not attempt to regulate how states treat their own forces.’

The author would like to add the following to the end of footnote 109

‘However, as of publication date, see the 4 January 2017 Decision of ICC Trial Chamber VI, in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda, holding that sexual crimes committed against one’s own troops can amount to a war crime within the ICC’s jurisdiction. This is the first time that the ICC has addressed acts committed against a perpetrator’s own troops. Second Decision on the Defence’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court in respect of Counts 6 and 9, ICC-01/04-02/06, 4 January 2017, paras. 33–53.’