Offenses Against Public Safety and State Security

The ICCS class for offenses directed at the state itself, its secrets, its allegiance or the safety of the public and international order at large, rather than at any one private victim. Belongs here: betrayal of a state's allegiance and incitement against its lawful authority, unauthorized acquisition or disclosure of state secrets, unlawful seizure or violence at sea or in the air, and the gravest offenses recognized by international criminal law committed against a group or a civilian population as such. Does not belong here: violence against a specific individual victim prosecuted under ordinary domestic criminal law, grouped elsewhere in this tree. This subcategory groups Treason, Sedition, Espionage, Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Piracy.