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Just as the first-ever trial at the ICC got on its way, several news agencies reported early this week that the prosecutor of the court would conduct a “preliminary analysis” of alleged crimes committed by Israelis during the recent offensive in the Gaza Strip (AFP; IHT; AP). Leaving the obviously one-sided character of the underlying [...]
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Jurist reports that the Spanish government is contemplating limiting the scope of its universal jurisdiction. The principle of universal jurisdiction does away with traditional conditions for a state wanting to exercise jurisdiction in criminal cases (such as for a personal or territorial condition to be present), and stipulates that the state has jurisdiction regardless of [...]
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