<P> 3 . Subject to Paragraph 2, and on the basis of the rules of international law in force, an international crime may result, inter alia, from: </P> <P> (a) a serious breach of an international obligation of essential importance for the maintenance of international peace and security, such as that prohibiting aggression; </P> <P> (b) a serious breach of an international obligation of essential importance for safeguarding the right of self - determination of peoples, such as that prohibiting the establishment or maintenance by force of colonial domination; </P> <P> (c) a serious breach on a widespread scale of an international obligation of essential importance for safeguarding the human being, such as those prohibiting slavery, genocide and apartheid; </P>

International law commission responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts