International-legal basics of the duty of prosecution of the war crimes

The current study is dedicated to the prosecution of the war crimes which are a kind of the international crimes.Public international law has two primary areas what deal with crimes: international criminal law and international humanitarian law.International criminal law is primarily studied from the angle of individual criminal responvbility for international wrongful acts.However, international humanitarian law possesses norms about state responsibility as well.In this regard, war crimes is a concept what combines knowledge of international criminal law and international humanitarian law at the same time.War crimes are a type of crimes that are committed within the period of armed conflict.But sometimes war crimes can be comitted after the armed operations.War crimes has no precise definition and scope in international law theory.International tribunals and courts introduce different approaches to the scope and content of war crimes.The article draws attention to the normative documents passed first in regard to prosecution of the war crimes, obligations of the state in connection with the prosecution, and practices of the international criminal tribunals.