Universal jurisdiction
Trying people wherever they are, whatever their nationality
Universal jurisdiction enables national judicial systems to try individuals, regardless of their nationality or the place where the crimes were committed. This justice approach deals with international crimes committed a long time ago, as during the civil wars in Liberia, or when no other jurisdiction, international or national, is able or willing to try them,, as in the case of Syria. As with the trials of Rwandans in several European countries (for genocide), the trial of Gambian Ousman Sonko (accused of crimes against humanity in Switzerland) or of Chadian Hissein Habré, tried and convicted in Senegal (for crimes committed in Chad in the 1980s). Discover universal jurisdiction through the news documented by our experts.
Philip Grant: “Ukraine is accelerating a revival of universal jurisdiction”
JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Philip Grant Director of TRIAL International Philip Grant, director of TRIAL International, a Swiss NGO that was created 20 years ago, talks to us about the development of universal jurisdiction, the value of national trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and how he sees the future of international justice. JUSTICE […]
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