The article traces recent trends in the development of universal jurisdiction, focusing in
particular on the emergence of" absolute universality" according to which exercise of …

With the dramatic surge of attacks in 2007-08, the Somali piracy crisis has attained, a new
sense of urgency in the international community. Somalia has been in the international …

Based on an original worldwide survey of all universal jurisdiction complaints over core
international crimes presented between 1961 and 2017 and against widespread perception …

Since reaching its pinnacle in 2011, global powers have focused substantial resources in
countering the return of high seas piracy. Despite significant progress, intelligence reports …

Kontorovich discusses the ruling of US v. DIRE case. In the first criminal piracy decision by a
US court in nearly a century, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the …

Abstract The January 2013 Summit of Assembly of the African Union Heads of State, to
which its July 2012 predecessor had deferred the matter concerning the conferment on the …

While piracy is an age-old crime, it has recently re-emerged in a few different varieties off the
Coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Guinea, and through the international straits of Indonesia …

Modern international law takes as a fundamental value the condemnation and redress of
certain categories of heinous conduct, such as genocide, torture, and crimes against …

Abstract Several times, the African Union has voiced concerns regarding the alleged
“abuse” of the principle of universal jurisdiction. The Union refers in particular to the …

Universal jurisdiction is a jurisdictional principle of international criminal law that allows a
state to prosecute certain crimes based on the nature of the crime, regardless of where the …