Notion of international crime and its evolution

• Main Author: Fernandez-Jankov Fernanda F.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Comparative Law, Belgrade 2020-01-01
• Series: Strani pravni život
• Subjects: international crimes; rome statute; international criminal court; war crimes; aggression
• Online Access: https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0039-2138/2020/0039-21382002095F.pdf

The concept of international crime evolved in the course of history. The debate about its notion and its key features divided scholars and other professionals. The first part of this paper deals with its historical development, while the second part is focused on the examination of the general notion of international crime and its key features. The third part of the article is devoted to the analysis of the notion of international crimes in the sense of the Rome Statute explaining its main characteristics, as well as main features of four international crimes covered by the Rome Statute. Finally, the author in the concluding part of the paper sums up the identified problems and offers the solutions for their improvement.