Criminal Law and Criminology
Ismail Qamari; Hoda Ghamari
Abstract
The principle of universal jurisdiction is a powerful tool in the service of international criminal justice. The principle of universal jurisdiction, under which states have the right and sometimes the obligation to prosecute and punish perpetrators of international crimes regardless of the place of ...
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The principle of universal jurisdiction is a powerful tool in the service of international criminal justice. The principle of universal jurisdiction, under which states have the right and sometimes the obligation to prosecute and punish perpetrators of international crimes regardless of the place of commission, nationality of the perpetrators and their victims, has undergone a profound transformation in various dimensions. With the emergence of transnational crimes, the need for revision on the basis of territorial and personal jurisdiction has emerged. The concept of the principle of universal criminal jurisdiction, according to which the national courts of a country can prosecute a crime that has not occurred within the territory of that country, is not the subject of an accused or a defendant, and has not committed a crime against the interests of that country, has evolved in different dimensions. Crimes such as slavery and slave trade, piracy, racism, hostage-taking and air raids have been among the universal jurisdictional norms referred to in the article of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Criminal Law and Criminology
Ismail Qamari; Hoda Ghamari
Abstract
The principle of universal jurisdiction of criminal laws is one of the most important principles in determining the jurisdiction of countries and criminal laws. According to this principle, any country can, without any traditional relationship with the crime of preventing the citizenship of the criminal ...
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The principle of universal jurisdiction of criminal laws is one of the most important principles in determining the jurisdiction of countries and criminal laws. According to this principle, any country can, without any traditional relationship with the crime of preventing the citizenship of the criminal or the defendant against the place of the crime or the interests of the country, be harmed, in order to keep the criminal unpunished, pursue and punish him. Although most countries in the world today have not recognized this principle, but very few of them have actually taken action to implement it, and this is important due to international conventions and treaties that in the event of a crime, despite the fact that the perpetrator is not a citizen of that country's "territorial jurisdiction" or "personal jurisdiction" or that the crimes are not represented by the criminal laws of the country of detention
