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SUMMARY:Universal jurisdiction and the move of national courts to the for
 efront of international criminal justice
DESCRIPTION:HumanRightsAs a legal mechanism\, universal jurisdiction expa
 nds the possibilities for justice in areas where the International Crimi
 nal Court's involvement will likely remain limited due to legal\, securi
 ty\, logistical\, and political constraints. This panel explores the con
 tours of universal jurisdiction and the practical implications of its us
 e\, using trials and investigations of crimes in multiple countries as c
 ase studies of its application. A prime case study is the situation of S
 yria. Whereas established international institutions such as the United 
 Nations Security Council and the International Criminal Court have been 
 unable to provide any real measure of accountability for the large-scale
  crimes alleged to have been committed in Syria since 2011\, domestic pr
 osecution services in several countries have stepped in to fill the void
 . Individuals have been convicted before various national courts for a r
 ange of atrocity crimes committed in Syria and many more investigations 
 are underway. Several of these criminal cases have only been possible on
  the basis of the contested notion of universal jurisdiction.
LOCATION:Room 233\, Level 2
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