Criminal immunity of state officials in international law

Exercising FOREIGN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION over State officials

Our article examines the extent to which state officials are subject to prosecution in foreign domestic courts for international crimes.  We consider the different types of immunity that international law accords to state officials, the reasons for the conferment of this immunity and whether they apply in cases in which it is alleged that the official has committed an international crime. ...

International Union of Criminal Law

defenses in international criminal law

one of the most important issues in international criminal law is defenses. this issue has also significance in national law. in civil and criminal law system, there is a different approach with this question. the lawyers have named this question as forgotten point in international criminal law. international and national jurisprudence is often different and controversial in this matter. there ...

Iran’s Criminal Policy Regarding Double Punishment in International Criminal Law

Different nations’ tendency to expand their judicial and legislative territory outside their ruling kingdom has caused conflicts in the criminal qualification and the coming into existence of legal bad effects. Among these bad effects is the double or additional punishment of someone who has been tried and received their penalty in another country before, which is at odds with the principles of...

Establishment an international prison in order to Execution of criminal sentences of the International Criminal Court

However, the punishment of imprisonment has become the main response of domestic and international arsenals; But now one of the most important challenges facing the International Criminal Court is how to enforce its sentences, and especially the execution of imprisonment.according to the Statute of the Court, imprisonment is carried out through voluntary agreements with the receiving countries ...