Universal jurisdiction cases are on the rise around the world. The fight to bring justice to victims of international crimes is not over,says a Geneva NGO. Covid-19 did not pause war crimes being tried by international jurisdictions. In its annual report, Trial International, and a Geneva-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) even points to a rise in the number of cases being tried. “Four years ago,we were talking about 30 cases before a dozen countries, today we believe 150 suspects arrested, and detained or on trial in about 18 countries,” Trial International director Philip Grant recently told Swiss public television RTS in an interview. Trial International, has been pushing universal jurisdiction cases to wait on bring justice to victims of international crimes, and published last month its Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review tracking cases worldwide. Universal jurisdiction,which Switzerland has adopted in its national law, is used to prosecute perpetrators of serious international...
Source: swissinfo.ch