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.
I
would
point
out
that
the
question
of
the
scope
and
nature
of
the
principle
of
nulla
poena
sine
lege
in
international
criminal
law
is
particularly
complex
and
can
not
be
dismissed
in
a
few
lines
(
see
e.g.
Ch
.
Bassiouni
,
Introduction
to
International
Criminal
Law
,
Transnational
Publishers
Inc.
,
2003
,
p.
202
;
and
A.
Cassese
,
International
Criminal
Law
,
Oxford
University
Press
,
2009
,
p.
442
)
.
Suffice
it
to
notice
that
the
major
Conventions
in
the
field
refer
back
to
the
sanctions
provided
for
in
domestic
criminal
law
.
The
ICC
Statute
defined
for
the
first
time
the
penalties
that
the
Criminal
Court
could
determine
.
The
authorities
in
the
field
have
generally
commented
that
“
the
principles
of
legality
in
international
criminal
law
are
different
from
their
counterparts
in
the
national
legal
systems
...
They
are
necessarily
sui
generis
because
they
must
balance
between
the
preservation
of
justice
and
fairness
for
the
accused
and
the
preservation
of
world
order
...
”
(
Bassiouni
,
cited
above
,
p.
202
)
.
The
Court
has
already
had
to
address
this
complex
dichotomy
in
several
cases
.
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