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Persons suspected of complicity in these acts fell under early concepts of [[universal jurisdiction]]. Before slavery was generally accepted as wrong, piracy was condemned, an

==Universal jurisdiction== ...ntiment, however, that a body like the ICC will be more just in applying [[universal jurisdiction]] than individual nations who have tried to extradite or prosecute individu

...sumably asked Swiss officials to act under the controversial doctrine of [[universal jurisdiction]].

...er = Nizkor}}</ref> The actual detention was based on interpretations of [[universal jurisdiction]] and ''[[hostis humani generis]]''. Note that this was in 1961, but the Ro

...', "enemies of the human race." That designation was an early example of [[universal jurisdiction]]; it was accepted that pirates were criminals that had put themselves beyo

There is an evolving and controversial concept of universal jurisdiction, certainly not accepted everywhere. As in the case of Augusto Pinochet, whi

...all States the legal right to prosecute war criminals under the theory of universal jurisdiction. While States have at times prosecuted war criminals (e.g., the U.S. trial ===Universal jurisdiction===

...er reasons. This also gets very tricky with the international concept of [[universal jurisdiction]], when some of the countries involved do not accept the jurisdiction of ev