The nullum crimen sine iure principle in contemporary International Law

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/anidip/a.2858
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Issue: No. 1 (2013)
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Keywords: nullum crimen , principio de legalidad , accesibilidad , previsibilidad , costumbre , Corte Europea de Derechos Humanos , Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos , Corte Penal Internacional , Tribunal Penal Internacional para la antigua Yugoslavia nullum crimen , legality , accessibility , foreseability , custom , European Court of Human Rights , Inter-American Court of Human Rights , International Criminal Court , International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Nullum Crime , Princípio da Legalidade , Acessibilidade , Previsibilidade , Costume , Corte Europeia de Direitos Humanos , Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos , Tribunal Penal Internacional , Tribunal Penal Internacional para a ex-Iugoslávia

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Hector Olásolo Alonso Presidente del Instituto Iberoamericano de La Haya para la Paz, los Derechos Humanos y la Justicia Internacional (IIH), profesor titular de carrera en la Universidad del Rosario y director de la Clínica Jurídica sobre Derecho Internacional Humanitario de dicha Universidad. También ha sido letrado de Sala de la Corte Penal Internacional (2004-2010), miembro de la asesoría jurídica y de la sección de apelaciones del Tribunal Penal Internacional para la antigua Yugoslavia (2002-2004);miembro de la delegación española en la Comisión Preparatoria para la Corte Penal Internacional celebrada en la sede de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York (1999-2002) y catedrático de Derecho Penal y Procesal Internacional de la Universidad de Utrecht (febrero 2009-septiembre 2012).
Abstract
This paper deals with the evolution and current content of the nullum crimen sine iure principle in international law. It analyses the development of the nullum crimen principle from its definition as a principle of justice at the end of Second World War, to its current definition as an individual right imposing a limitation upon States’ sovereignty. The article also explains that, nowadays, the nullum cri- men principle requires for the relevant conduct to be a crime at the time of its com- mission, according to any of the sources of criminal law in the relevant national or international legal system. No written law is necessarily required. As a result, accessibility and foreseability are the main elements of the nullum crimen principle in current international law.
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Olásolo Alonso, H. (2021). The nullum crimen sine iure principle in contemporary International Law. Anuario Iberoamericano De Derecho Internacional Penal, 1(1), 18–42. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/anidip/a.2858 (Original work published March 25, 2014)
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