What's the line between less serious offences and more serious offences?

The Serious Crimes Unit has met with communities in 12 districts to inform them of the closure of the serious crimes process and of the progress achieved to date.

As a result, more recent international instruments call on States parties to punish money laundering arising from all or most serious offences.

Meanwhile, the Serious Crimes Unit, the Defence Lawyers Unit and the Special Panels for serious crimes are finalizing the laborious process of handing over all relevant documentation related to the serious crimes process to the Timorese authorities.

A total of six serious crimes cases were heard by the Court of Appeal.

States did not have a responsibility to protect people from serious crimes but rather a responsibility not to commit them.

2. Recognition of the good name of the victims and of the serious crimes of which they were victims.

In the future, the majority of crime will be happening online.

(d) How the Statute would confer jurisdiction over serious crimes with an international character.

Stipulates that serious criminal offences are prosecuted ex proprio motu.

Most techniques have both kinds of serious errors, to varying degrees.

Before I conclude my statement, let me comment briefly on the serious crimes process.

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.

Since my last report, the Serious Crimes Unit has made significant progress towards achieving justice for crimes committed in 1999.

Programme I Support for the public administration and justice system of Timor Leste and for justice in the area of serious crimes

Support for the public administration and justice system of Timor Leste and for justice in the area of serious crimes

Both find it difficult to address serious crimes, including crimes of an inter ethnic nature, organized crime and corruption, which remain serious threats to Kosovo's stability.

The link between the smuggling of natural resources and other types of serious crime, such as corruption and terrorism, was also underscored.

Each State party shall make these offences punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account their grave nature.

SCU has focused on 10 priority cases and 5 widespread patterns of violence.

In Trinidad and Tobago, serious crime, including relatively rare crime such as kidnapping, increased rapidly between 1998 and 2002.

The treaties listed in article 22 covered most of the crimes which called for international prosecution.

While Article 6 does not prohibit the death penalty, it restricts its application to the most serious crimes and forbids it to be used on children and pregnant women or in a manner contrary to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Despite the concerted efforts of SCU, it may not be possible for the Serious Crimes process to fully respond to the desire for justice of all those affected by the violence in 1999 within the limited time and resources that remain available.

Notwithstanding these developments, the world today is still beset by violence and other forms of serious crime.

The offences of terrorism and related acts are introduced into the category of serious offences, making it impossible for release on bail to be granted.

In this connection, the Commission of Experts wrote to me on 29 April, to request that the liquidation of the Serious Crimes Unit be suspended and that measures be considered to safeguard the institutional knowledge of the serious crimes process until the findings of the Commission have been submitted and the Security Council has had a chance to consider them.

However, the most serious threats to child survival, protection and development in South Africa are all preventable.

The Serious Crimes Unit and the Special Panels are in the process of preparing a database that will allow electronic searches of all of the Unit's cases.

Furthermore, for the majority of them, conspiracy, preparation and attempt are criminalized.

While the scope of that Convention does not extend beyond drug related offences, it established a legal framework that has served as the basis for policy development in the area of serious crime prevention.

Mr. Mehlis is a Senior Public Prosecutor for the State of Berlin and has substantial experience in investigating serious and complex crimes.

These prosecutions are nonetheless welcome, since they restore public confidence in efforts to combat serious crime and impunity.

First, we very much welcome the establishment of a commission of experts to conduct a thorough assessment of the progress made by the judicial processes involving the Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal in Jakarta, the Serious Crimes Unit and the Special Panels for serious crimes in Dili.

Although 5 of the 22 judges were authorized by the Superior Council of the Judiciary to continue exercising their functions to allow the serious crimes and National Electoral Commission processes to be completed, the majority of national judges will have to cease the exercise of their judiciary functions, which will result in complete reliance on international judges for both criminal and civil cases.

Subsequently, international standards and frameworks first developed under the Convention have been extended to apply to all serious crimes.

In this process, the ICTR will establish the guilt or innocence of the accused, bring justice to victims of the massive crimes that were committed and establish a record of facts that can aid reconciliation in Rwanda.

Also addressed were the continuing requirements for enhancing transparency and accountability, the future of the serious crimes process and the need to support marginalized groups.

The Serious Crimes Unit, the Defence Lawyers Unit and the Special Panels are preparing the handover of necessary materials to the relevant Timorese authorities.

Some States reported on the role and functions of recently established specialized national coordinating structures against terrorism and other serious crimes.

Also in September, relevant provisions of law have been amended to include the death penalty in case of certain serious offences relating to drug trafficking.

Tanzania is a State party to the International Criminal Court a Court established to bring to justice those accused of genocide and other serious crimes against humanity.

Council members are appalled by the serious crimes committed in Darfur in violation of international law, described in the report of the International Commission of Inquiry.

Azerbaijan stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups.

Considering the number of serious crimes it is inevitable to impose death penalty to the offenders who commit such crimes. Morocco responded that the reason why capital punishment had not been abolished for ordinary crimes was the gravity of certain criminal acts and brutality and hideousness of other acts as well .