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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> A 1987 U.S. case that determined that the principle of ''hostis humani generis'' applied to torturers, and thus placed them under [[universal jurisd...) |
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A 1987 U.S. case that determined that the principle of hostis humani generis applied to torturers, and thus placed them under universal jurisdiction, such that they could be appreheded by any country even though the torture had taken place in that country, and the parties were not citizens of that country