33 b) c) d) e) f) g) Concluding with state authorities an agreement to exploit natural resources, in violation of the legal and regulatory procedures of the State concerned; Concluding an agreement to exploit natural resources through corrupt practices; Concluding an agreement to exploit natural resources that is clearly one-sided; Exploiting natural resources without any agreement with the State concerned; Exploiting natural resources without complying with norms relating to the protection of the environment and the security of the people and the staff; and Violating the norms and standards established by the relevant natural resource certification mechanism. Article 28M Crime of Aggression For the purpose of this Statute, “Crime of Aggression” means the planning, preparation, initiation or execution, by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a state or organization, whether connected to the state or not of an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations or the Constitutive Act of the African Union and with regard to the territorial integrity and human security of the population of a State Party.” The following a) The and with the The shall constitute acts of aggression, regardless of a declaration of war by a State, group of States, organizations of States, or non-State actor(s) or by any foreign entity: b) c) d) use of armed forces against the sovereignty, territorial integrity political independence of any state, or any other act inconsistent the provisions of the Constitutive Act of the African Union and Charter of the United Nations. invasion or attack by armed forces against the territory of a State, or military occupation however temporary, resulting from such an invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of a State or part thereof. The bombardment by the armed forces of a State against the territory of another State or the use of any weapons by a State against the territory of another State. The blockade of the ports, coasts or airspace of a State by the armed forces of another State.