LAW109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hostages Trial, Atrocity (Band), Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
15 Mar 2020
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International criminal law a class of international crimes" and establishment of international courts and tribunals. Treaty arrangements e. g. extradition, international policing cooperation, laws that operate extra-territorially. International law norms influencing operation of national criminal law. Transnational crimes (extending or operating across national boundaries) In the hostages trial, international crime" was defined as: Hostages trial, us military tribunal at nuremberg, 19 feb 1948, (1953) 15 ann dig 632, 636. According to the un convention against transnational organised crime (unctoc), article 3 an offence is transnational if: It is committed in more than one state; It is committed in one state but a substantial part of its preparation, planning, direction or control takes place in another state; It is committed in one state but involves an organised criminal group that engages in activities in more than one state; It is committed in one state but has substantial effects in another state. The blurred lines between transnational and international crimes.
