Distinctions are also made on the basis of the gravity of the offence and the amounts involved.

B. Serious crimes under international law

2. Serious offences are those defined as such under this Convention and offences punishable by a prison sentence or deprivation of liberty of not less than four years .

The Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) was established in 2000 and has exclusive jurisdiction within Timor Leste for the investigation and prosecution of all serious crimes (genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder, sexual offences and torture) committed between 1 January and 25 October 1999.

Stipulates that serious criminal offences are prosecuted ex proprio motu.

The term serious crime corresponds to the terms grave crime and especially grave crime in the Ukrainian criminal law.

The serious nature of the crime of genocide requires that we ensure that there is no impunity.

The offence should be punished as a grave crime and should have no period of statutory limitation (prescripción) or, in any event, a period not shorter than that applicable to the gravest crimes under the Penal Code.

2. Serious crime means conduct constituting a criminal offence punishable by a maximum deprivation of liberty of at least years, or more serious penalty.

(c) Gross and massive violations of human rights

(c) Gross and massive violations of human rights as an international crime

(c) The offence has substantial effects in that State .

Blackmail's a serious business.

Importantly, the plan states that in accordance with international standards there will be no amnesty for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other gross human rights violations and that there will be no impunity for perpetrators of the most serious crimes.

The word crime in this context emphasizes the seriousness of the violation.

(b) To make those offences punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account the grave nature of those offences.

Article 62 of the Administrative Violations Code also regards such a circumstance as aggravating.

There's a penalty, and a stiff one, for aiding and abetting a criminal.

Recognition of gross and large scale violations of human rights as an international crime

The greater seriousness of offences against a family member is due to aggravating circumstances laid down in the general part of the Penal Code.

72. The court should have jurisdiction only over the most serious crimes, those of most concern to the international community, such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.

At the same time, all the units of the Serious Crimes process in East Timor, namely the Serious Crimes Unit, the special panels and the Defence Lawyers Unit, are intensifying efforts to maximize results.

They also state that capital punishment may be imposed only on the most serious crimes.

The court further ascertained that the guilt of the accused Simang was particularly serious.

Drug trafficking is considered by the international community as a most serious crime.

Recognition of gross and massive violations of human rights as an international crime

Impunity , serious crimes under international law

You are also accused of some minor but still serious offenses.

9. France supported the principle that the court should have jurisdiction over a core of exceptionally serious crimes genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes.

c) if by the act he or she causes serious bodily harm to or death of more than one person, extensive damage or any other especially serious consequences.

A criminal court may hear a case involving an offence, whatever its degree of gravity.

The State party should limit the death penalty to the most serious crimes.

The perpetrators of such heinous crimes as genocide should be judged on the basis of their individual responsibility.

The abovementioned provisions must be read in conjunction with the Penal Code Sections 147 a, which makes it a serious criminal offence to commit a terrorist act, and 147 b, which makes it a serious criminal offence to finance terrorism.

Any serious criminal offence of mercenary activity required a specific intention to commit or knowledge of the criminal activity.

(b) Serious crime shall mean conduct constituting an offence punishable by a maximum deprivation of liberty of at least four years or a more serious penalty

It's not a big crime.

1996 105. Recognition of gross and large scale violations of human rights as an

Subparagraph (e) What steps have been taken to establish terrorist acts as serious criminal offences and to ensure that the punishment reflects the seriousness of such terrorist acts?

Those decisions send very clear messages to perpetrators of the most serious crimes of international concern.

For a first offence, the minimum sentence would be 5, 10 or 15 years, depending on the circumstances of the rape.

Those objectives include, first and foremost, the prevention and punishment of the most serious international crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

His rap sheet shows his last big fall was at Q.

Namibia supports the establishment of an international criminal court, with its jurisdiction being limited to hard core crimes crimes of genocide, serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflict and crimes against humanity.

The action plan did not, however, envisage amnesty for war crimes, crimes against humanity or other gross human rights violations.