NCJ Number
159274
Date Published
1995
Length
302 pages
Annotation
This volume presents the resolutions from the 15th International Congress of Penal Law held in Brazil in September 1994; the resolutions addressed environmental offenses, computer crimes, reforms in criminal procedure and human rights protection, the regionalization of international criminal law and human rights protection, and the international criminal court.
Abstract
The environmental resolution focused on offense definitions, the criminal liability of private and public entities, and jurisdiction for cross-border crimes and extraterritorial crimes. The resolution on criminal crimes focused on nonpenal preventive measures, substantive criminal law, specific issues of privacy protection, procedural law, international cooperation, and the need for future work. The resolution on criminal procedural reform and the protection of human rights focused on the presumption of innocence, the intervention of the judge, evidence, defense, principles of prosecution, victims' rights, and future reforms. Footnotes