The appearance of the penal international law as a branch of the public international law

AuthorDaniel-Stefan Paraschiv
PositionFaculty of Law and Public Administration, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Spiru Haret University, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Pages122-126
AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicaljournal.univagora.ro
ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677
No. 1 (2014), pp. 122-126
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THE APPEARANCE OF THE PENAL INTERNATIONAL LAW AS A
BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
D.Şt. Paraschiv, E. Paraschiv
Daniel-Ştefan Paraschiv
Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Râmnicu Vâlcea,
Spiru Haret University, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
* Correspondence: Daniel-Ştefan Paraschiv, Râmnicu Vâlcea, 30 General Magheru St.,
Vâlcea, Romania
E-mail: drept_vl.paraschiv.daniel@spiruharet.ro
Elena Paraschiv
Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Râmnicu Vâlcea,
Spiru Haret University, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
*Correspondence: Elena Paraschiv, Râmnicu Vâlcea, 30 General Magheru St., Vâlcea, Romania E-
mail: e.paraschiv.dvl@spiruharet.ro
Abstract
From the oldest times, there appeared certain norms of penal international law meant
to prevent the committing of serious offenses, as well as for sanctioning them. This distinct
branch of the public international law is called upon to protect - by sancti oning persons
guilty of committing serious offenses - peac e and security of the whole humanity, the
development in conformity with the norms of the law and moral of the international relations,
the existence and perenniality of fundamental human values.
Keywords: penal international law, history, appearance, sanction, international
offence
Introduction
The penal international law represent the totality of legal regulations, also recognised
in the internatio nal relations, which aim at protecting the legal or international social order
by repressing actions that affect it, or, with other words, the totality of regulations established
in order to repress the breaches brought to the precepts of public international law1.
Thus, it defends the perenniality of certain fundamental human rights, aiming at the
regulation of the manner of exercising the repression of serious illicit actions, which may b e
committed in the international reports2.
The penal international law is a branch of the public international law, having an
analogous role to the one held by the domestic criminal law for the domestic order of the
states3.
Sources and connections of the penal international law with other branches of the
law
The sources of the penal international law are, generally, the same as in the public
international law, although t here are some differences regarding their importance. Thus, the
1 Stefan Glaser, Droit international penal conventionnel, volume I, Establissement Emile Bruylant, Bruxelles,
1970, p. 16-17.
2 Vespasian V. Pella, La crimin alite colective des Etats et le droit penal de l 'avenir, State House Publishing,
Bucharest, 1926, p. 168.
3 The penal international law presents numerous common points with the public international law, whose
generalprinciples are also applied and the penal domain of the international relations.

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