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- In fact, nearly all scholars share a common understanding of what makes an international crime distinctive: namely, that it involves an act that international law deems universally criminal.
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In fact, nearly all scholars share a common understanding of what makes an international crime distinctive: namely, that it involves an act that international law deems universally criminal.
Sep 10, 2016 · First, it asks us to identify which acts qualify as international crimes. Second, and more fundamentally, it asks us to identify what is distinctive about an international crime – what makes an international crime different from a transnational crime or an ordinary domestic crime.
- Kevin Jon Heller, Kevin Jon Heller
- 2016
Genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression are all international crimes (in keeping with common practice, I will call these four the ‘core crimes’), 3 with some debate persisting on whether additional international crimes also exist.
Nov 24, 2019 · On the basis of the four cumulative criteria above, Cassese concludes that international crimes are: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, torture (as a crime that is distinct from those cases in which it could be considered a war crime or a crime against humanity), the crime of aggression, as well as some extreme forms of ...
- Victor Tsilonis
- 2019
Jun 3, 2016 · What are international crimes? International criminal law (ICL) involves the most serious crimes of concern to the global community: its violations can result in imprisonment. The “core” crimes are genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity (these are also often referred to as “atrocity crimes”).
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The quest for a unified account of international criminalization is an important part of a compelling general theory of international criminal law (ICL). Any such account would need to have a conceptual and a normative dimension. This chapter addresses these two dimensions in turn.
This chapter focuses on the structure of international crimes, which differs from the structure of national crimes in two important respects. First, international crimes typically include — in addition to their conduct, result, and attendant circumstance elements — a contextual element that national crimes rarely contain.
