Universal Jurisdiction: National Courts and the Prosecution of Serious Crimes Under International Law
(Part of the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series)
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When former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London at the request of a Spanish judge, the world's attention was focused for the first time on the idea of universal jurisdiction. Universal jurisdiction stands for the principle that atrocities such as genocide, torture, and war crimes are so heinous and so universally abhorred that any state is entitled to prosecute these crimes in its national courts regardless of where they were...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812219503
ISBN13:9780812219500
Release Date:February 2006
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.39 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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