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Porträttbild av Jessica Almqvist. Foto.

Jessica Almqvist

Professor

Porträttbild av Jessica Almqvist. Foto.

Searching for Common Ground on Universal Jurisdiction: The Clash between Formalism and Soft Law

Författare

  • Jessica Almqvist

Summary, in English

The possibility of prosecuting serious international crimes before domestic foreign courts when territorial courts are unwilling and unable to perform this function and international criminal tribunals with suitable competences are unavailable has been intensively debated since the time of the Spanish arrest warrants against Pinochet. The African disapproval of decisions by European courts to exercise universal jurisdiction over serious crimes allegedly perpetrated by former African leaders indicates the absence of common ground on where and how such jurisdiction is to be utilized. The recent judgment of the International Court of Justice in the dispute between Belgium and Senegal sheds new light on how consensus on these issues might be forged. The Court’s commitment to formalism in the ascertainment and application of international law together with its ends-focused reasoning on the substance of that law reinforces the view that the UN Convention against Torture offers a non-controversial legal basis for upholding universal jurisdiction competences in these cases. However, the conclusions reached in the judgment can also be criticized for clashing with soft law recommendations in the field, pointing to the advantages of the organization of high-profile trials located in Africa in spite of the practical difficulties involved.

Avdelning/ar

  • Folkrätt

Publiceringsår

2013-01-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

437-457

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

International Community Law Review

Volym

15

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Brill

Ämne

  • Law

Nyckelord

  • Public international law
  • International Court of Justice
  • Soft law
  • Formalism
  • Duty to extradite or prosecute
  • Universal jurisdiction
  • Folkrätt

Aktiv

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Public International Law

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1871-9732