Universal Jurisdiction is of the utmost importance for all those who fight for human rights, as it is an indispensable mechanism of justice whose objective is the fight against impunity derived from the commission of international crimes. For decades, a series of proceedings were opened before Spanish courts under the principle of universal jurisdiction, such as...
Today, July 17, we celebrate International Criminal Justice Day, a date all the more relevant as the world faces turbulent times. This day commemorates the historic adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the international community at a diplomatic conference in Rome on July 17, 1998. It marked the end of a long...
On 28 June 2024, Argentine Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán asked the federal criminal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina to order international arrest warrants against 25 Myanmar government officials for the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya community between 2012 and 2018. This is the first time that arrest warrants are being...
On June 28, 2024, Argentine prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán requested the federal criminal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to order international arrest warrants for 25 Myanmar government officials for the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya community between 2012 and 2018. This is the first time arrest warrants have been sought...
The potential of universal jurisdiction remains untapped, although a positive trend stands out. This is what the 2024 edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Report prepared by TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), the International Federation for Human Rights...
This week has been published the latest Annual Review of Universal Jurisdiction 2023, conducted by Trial International, where international cases occurred in the last year are collected and reviewed under three principles of extraterritorial jurisdiction: the principle of universal jurisdiction and the principles of active personality and passive personality. It should be noted that...
