International Criminal Law Questions and Answers Graded A+
What is international criminal law?
Field of public international law which deals with the direct responsibility of individuals.
Four main areas of international criminal law:
1) Crimes against genocide
2) Crimes against humanity...
International Criminal Law Questions
and Answers Graded A+
What is international criminal law? - answer Field of public international law which deals
with the direct responsibility of individuals.
Four main areas of international criminal law: - answer1) Crimes against genocide
2) Crimes against humanity
3) War crimes
4) Crimes of aggression
Is crimes of aggression a considered area of ICL in the courts? - answer They are
starting to consider this in 2017. It is not active yet. This is interesting, as crimes of
aggression is considered the worst of all international crimes, but is only now being
considered by the international courts.
Cullum crime sine lege - answer No penalty without a law.
Article 22 of the Rome Statute: - answer ‘A person shall not be criminally responsible
under this Statute unless the conduct in question constitutes a crime within the
jurisdiction of the court'.
Which court has been especially influential for the development of international criminal
law? - answer International Court Tribunal for the Formal Yugoslavia (ICTY)
International Military Tribunal - Individual Responsibility: - answer Crimes are committed
by men, not abstract entities.. This is a principle of individual responsibility which the
court has institutionalized.
Article 25 Rome Statute: - answer A person who commits a crime will be held criminally
liable for punishment in accordance with the statute.
International Criminal Court: - answer Jurisdiction over persons for the most serious
crimes of international concern. This creates a class system, where the ICC only deals
with the most serious of crimes, and not those considered more tame.
Examples of crimes the ICC deals with: - answer Genocide, war crimes, crimes against
humanity, crimes of aggression (Article 5-8 Rome Statute)
Individual criminal responsibility (Article 25 Rome Statute)
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