The Ubiquity of Universal Jurisdiction: Perspectives on the Nexus of Domestic and International Criminal Law

This international panel reflects on the increased number of cases in domestic criminal courts that rely on each country’s assertion of universal jurisdiction. What justifies the assertion of universal jurisdiction beyond the territoriality principle, in civil law and common law countries, in the age of international criminal law? In exercising universal jurisdiction, what legal, procedural, and diplomatic factors should states take into account?

Featuring:

Morten Boe (moderator), Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, Germany

Alejandro Chehtman, Dean and Professor of Law at the Law School of the University Torcuato Di Tella and a Fellow at the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET)

Elies van Sliedregt, Professor of Criminal Law & Procedure at the University of Tilburg

Mari Takeuchi, professor of International Law at Kobe University