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Principle ii states that criminal liability exists under international law even if domestic law does not punish an act which is an international crime. First, international criminal law assigns individual criminal accountability to violations of international law. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. The essay argues that the absence of an international treaty definition of aggression in international law should not preclude the prosecution of its perpetrators. Reflections on international criminal justice cassese. Cases and commentary presents a comprehensive, pragmatic explanation of the development of substantive international criminal law through key illustrative cases from.
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