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Universal Jurisdiction in Absentia Before Domestic Courts Prosecuting International Crimes: A Suitable Weapon to Fight Impunity?

open access: yesGöttingen Journal of International Law, 2017
This article addresses the legality and desirability of States asserting universal jurisdiction without the suspect being present on their territory when prosecuting international crimes before domestic courts.
Tim Kluwen
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‘To be or not to be?’ The African Union and its Member States Parties' Participation as High Contracting States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article examines, under the light of international law, African States’ fascination and fall-out with the ICC. It examines the challenge to international institutions and to international justice for high crimes posed by the quasi-supranational ...
Chigara, B, Nwankwo, CM
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The Universal Jurisdiction of South African Criminal Courts and Immunities of Foreign State Officials [PDF]

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2015
Under the "complementarity" regime of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the jurisdiction of the ICC is secondary to the jurisdiction of domestic courts.
Evode
doaj   +1 more source

Universal jurisdiction without universal outreach? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Völkerrechtsblog
Borger, Lea   +2 more
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Treatment of International Human Rights Violations in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In our day and age, the violation of human rights has become a matter of international concern. This article is focused on the sharing of those concerns by the United States, in particular as manifested by the treatment of human rights violations in ...
Van Der Vyver, Johan D.
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The Time Has Come for a Universal Water Tribunal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Since its inception in 1981, the International Water Tribunal has emerged as a non-governmental body with a multidisciplinary composition and a mandate based on conventional and customary international water law, which holds public hearings in order to ...
Majzoub, Tarek   +1 more
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COMMENT– The Principle of Universal Jurisdiction for Massive Human Right Violation of the Past: An International and Ethiopian Perspective

open access: yesMizan Law Review, 2019
Confronting egregious human rights violations and repressive past is an arduous and necessary task to end the cycle of impunity. Bearing in mind Ethiopia’s notable contribution to the peace and security in the Horn of Africa and beyond, Ethiopia and the ...
Adi Dekebo Dale
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Universal Criminal Jurisdiction: A Journey through the Institute of International Law

open access: yesCognitio, 2021
The people of the earth have thus entered in varying degrees into a universal community, and it has developed to the point where a violation of rights in one part of the world is felt everywhere.» This paper seeks to comprehensively study the concept of
Salwa Shkukani
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When Criminals Abuse the Blockchain: Establishing Personal Jurisdiction in a Decentralised Environment

open access: yesLaws, 2023
In August of 2022, the United States Department of Treasury sanctioned the virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, an open-source and fully decentralised piece of software running on the Ethereum blockchain, subsequently leading to the arrest of one of its ...
Casey Watters
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Feminist Reflections on the Scope of Labour Law: Domestic Work, Social Reproduction and Jurisdiction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Drawing on feminist labour law and political economy literature, I argue that it is crucial to interrogate the personal and territorial scope of labour.
Andreas Wimmer   +74 more
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