Völkerstrafgesetzbuch

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (VStGB) is the German law that regulates the crimes against public international law. It was created to bring German criminal law into accordance with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It was announced 2002-06-26 and became law 2002-06-30. It covers the following offenses: None of these are subject to a statute of limitations.According to
1, genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes are subject to universal jurisdiction, thus German courts can punish offenses committed by foreign citizens abroad.