The Rome Statute has often been criticized for not following international customary law, with calls to more closely resemble this being relatively frequent. This is especially the case in the distinction made between international and non-international armed conflicts and the significant fewer war crimes applicable to non-international armed conflicts. One of the most apparent differences is in the lack of a provision criminalizing the employment of weapons that go against the general principles of weapons law in humanitarian law. This article seeks to address this critique by determining whether the lack of this criminalization in non-international armed conflicts is contrary to customary international law and if this divergence should be amended.

《罗马规约》经常因不遵守国际习惯法而受到批评，要求更接近这一点的呼声相对频繁。在区分国际性和非国际性武装冲突以及适用于非国际性武装冲突的战争罪显着减少时尤其如此。最明显的区别之一是缺乏将违反人道主义法武器法一般原则的武器的使用定为刑事犯罪的规定。本文试图通过确定在非国际性武装冲突中未将这种刑事定罪是否违反习惯国际法以及是否应修正这种分歧来解决这一批评。