The predicted expansion of international law ultimately resulted in the imposition on States of several and far reaching obligations to criminalise certain offences, in order to, inter alia, uniform States’ criminal law framework to the maximum extent possible. The aim of the special issue is to provide a forum to discuss the many and multifaceted aspects connected to obligations of domestic criminalisation, using Italy as a case study. The special issue is divided in three sections, addressing, respectively, broad issues of general application, Italy’s implementation of obligations to criminalise conducts amounting to international crimes, and further ambits of analysis (i.e. gender based violence, cyber crimes against minors and corruption).

国际法的预期扩展最终导致各国强加了若干且影响深远的义务，将某些罪行定为刑事犯罪，以便除其他外最大程度地统一各国的刑法框架。本期特刊的目的是提供一个论坛，以意大利作为案例研究，讨论与国内刑事定罪义务相关的多方面问题。本期特刊分为三个部分，分别涉及普遍适用的广泛问题、意大利履行将构成国际犯罪的行为定为刑事犯罪的义务以及进一步的分析范围（即基于性别的暴力、针对未成年人的网络犯罪和腐败）。