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International criminal law (ICL) is a body of public international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. The core crimes under international law are genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the ...
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) [2] is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
The Corfu Channel case (French: Affaire du Détroit de Corfou) was the first public international law case heard before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between 1947 and 1949, concerning state responsibility for damages at sea, as well as the doctrine of innocent passage. A contentious case, it was the first of any type heard by the ICJ ...
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). [5] It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy on 17 July 1998 [6][7] and it entered into force on 1 July 2002. [2] As of February 2024, 125 states are party to the statute. [8]
v. t. e. The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, also known as the Jessup Moot or The Jessup, is the oldest and largest international moot competition in the world, attracting participants from almost 700 law schools in around 100 countries. [3][4][5][6][7] The competition has been described as the most prestigious moot ...
Par in parem non habet imperium. Par in parem non habet imperium (Latin for 'equals have no sovereignty over each other') is a general principle of international law, forming the basis of state immunity. [1][2] Because of this principle, a sovereign state cannot exercise jurisdiction over another sovereign state. [3][4][5]
The Indonesian Criminal Code (Dutch: Wetboek van Strafrecht, WvS), commonly known in Indonesian as Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (lit. 'Law Book of Penal Code', derived from Dutch), abbreviated as KUH Pidana or KUHP), are laws and regulations that form the basis of criminal law in Indonesia. By deviating as necessary from Presidential ...
International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law.