International Crime

An International Crime is a serious criminal act that violates international law and threatens international peace and security or fundamental human values.

• AKA: International Criminal Act, Core International Crime, International Law Crime, Transnational Crime.
• Context:
  • It can typically violate International Crime Treaty Obligations through international crime convention breach.
  • It can typically breach International Crime Customary Norms via international crime universal prohibition.
  • It can typically trigger International Crime Universal Jurisdiction through international crime prosecution right.
  • It can typically establish International Crime Individual Responsibility via international crime personal liability.
  • It can typically warrant International Crime International Prosecution through international crime tribunal proceedings.
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  • It can often involve International Crime State Action through international crime government policy.
  • It can often require International Crime Systematic Pattern via international crime widespread conduct.
  • It can often create International Crime Victim Groups through international crime mass targeting.
  • It can often justify International Crime Intervention via international crime protection responsibility.
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  • It can range from being a Treaty-Based International Crime to being a Custom-Based International Crime, depending on its international crime legal source.
  • It can range from being a Wartime International Crime to being a Peacetime International Crime, depending on its international crime temporal context.
  • It can range from being a State International Crime to being a Individual International Crime, depending on its international crime perpetrator level.
  • It can range from being a Completed International Crime to being an Attempted International Crime, depending on its international crime execution stage.
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  • It can require International Crime Mental Element for international crime intent proof.
  • It can demand International Crime Material Element for international crime conduct establishment.
  • It can involve International Crime Contextual Element for international crime circumstance verification.
  • It can trigger International Crime Command Responsibility for international crime superior liability.
  • It can exclude International Crime Defenses through international crime justification limitation.
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• Example(s):
  • Core International Crimes, such as:
    • Genocide targeting protected group destruction.
    • Crime Against Humanity attacking civilian populations.
    • War Crime violating laws of war.
    • Crime of Aggression waging unlawful war.
  • Treaty International Crimes, such as:
    • Torture under convention against torture.
    • Enforced Disappearance per disappearance convention.
    • Apartheid violating apartheid convention.
  • Terrorism International Crimes, such as:
    • Aircraft Hijacking under aviation conventions.
    • Hostage Taking per hostage convention.
    • Terrorist Bombing violating bombing convention.
  • Transnational Organized Crimes, such as:
    • Human Trafficking under palermo protocol.
    • Drug Trafficking per narcotic conventions.
    • Arms Trafficking violating firearms protocol.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Domestic Crime, which violates national law rather than international law.
  • Civil Wrong, which creates private liability rather than criminal responsibility.
  • Regulatory Violation, which breaches administrative rules rather than criminal prohibitions.
  • Political Offense, which challenges government authority rather than international norms.
  • Military Discipline Breach, which violates service regulations rather than international law.
• See: International Criminal Law, International Tribunal, Genocide, Crime Against Humanity, War Crime, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute, Geneva Convention, Universal Jurisdiction, State Responsibility.

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