International Crime Law and Legal Definition
International Crime is a crime against international law. A crime against international law is said to occur when three conditions are satisfied:
1. if there is a violation of a criminal norm derived out of an international treaty and other international customary law which is binding on individuals;
2. the crime shows the characteristic of a crime that is punishable under the International law; and
3. the treaty establishes a liability for the act done, and this must be binding on majority of countries.
There are wide varieties of instances that can be considered as an international crime:
1. crime against humanity;
2. crime against peace;
3. war crimes; and
4. crimes coming under the international criminal law. For example, Drug trafficking, arm trafficking, money laundering are some instances of crime coming under the international criminal law.
Legal Definition list
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Copyright Act
- International Copyright
- International Cooperative Administrative Support Services [ICASS]
- International Cooperation Administration
- International Crime
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program
- International Criminal Police Organization
- International Development Association
- International Dolphin Conservation Program
Related Legal Terms
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Course [Education]
- Ally [International Law]
- American College of Forensic Examiners International [ACFEI]
- American Society for International Law [ASIL]
- Amnesty International
- Assimilative Crimes Act
- Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction [ACSR]
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International
- Attempted Crime
