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Abstract

One of the most important current problems in criminal law, with implications in the national field, is the study of the relationship between -on the one hand- the traditional national criminal law built on the unwavering principles of legality, human dignity, proportionality, due process, among many others, typical of a Social State of Law, erected so that "the creation, interpretation and integration of the law are not left to the subjective discretion of those who exercise it, proportionality, due process, among many others, proper of a Social State of Law, erected so that "the creation, interpretation and integration of the law are not left to the subjective arbitrariness of those who exercise it, but to the unassailable objectivity in which they consist "1; 1; and, on the other hand, a so-called international criminal law, the fruit of the genuine concerns of a vigilant international community that is attentive to avoiding impunity for crimes that, in its opinion, seriously affect human rights and legal interests that require supranational protection.