This Article concerns the relationship between the doctrine of universal jurisdiction and the
principle of equality before the law. While inequality before the law always presents a …

This article addresses what the increased role of strategic litigation and universal jurisdiction
for serious international crimes in domestic courts means for international criminal justice by …

International discussion of Somali piracy is now largely conducted in the language of law
enforcement, not war or terrorism. The aim of this paper is to explain in a brief and practical …

The African Union (AU) adopted an instrument in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to create the
first-ever regional criminal court in May 2014.1 The African Court of Justice and Human …

The concept of international crimes in international law is relatively new and has acquired
currency and content since the Second World War. At the end of the First World War, there …

Historically, prosecution of international crimes has been the task of national courts;
however, under international law prosecution by national courts presents two fundamental …

On September 6, 2018, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC or
Court) ruled by a majority—Judge Perrin de Brichambaut dissenting—that it has jurisdiction …

In May 2015 we observed the 3rd anniversary of the last Somali pirate hijack of a Western
merchant vessel. Naval commanders and private security providers remind us that attacks …

At least for the time being, the international community must rely on national courts to
prosecute modern-day pirates. The first wave of domestic piracy prosecutions suggests …

Abstract The 2005 Resolution of the Institut de Droit international (IDI) on universal
jurisdiction lends support to the idea that states may exercise universal jurisdiction over …