An interesting article from "Lawfare" with insights on the crucial question where syrian perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity can possibly be tried:
"Germany’s 2002 Code of Crimes Against International Law (CCAIL) (see here for unofficial English translation) incorporates the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
into German domestic law. CCAIL Section 1 provides German courts “pure”
universal jurisdiction over the crimes enumerated in the code, which
include genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Germany,
Sweden and Norway are
the only European countries that recognize “pure” universal
jurisdiction, meaning universal jurisdiction that requires no specific
link to those countries in order for them to prosecute certain crimes,
even if the crimes were committed outside those countries’ territories
and neither the alleged perpetrator nor the victims are nationals of
those countries nor present in those countries’ territories. This allows
countries with “pure” universal jurisdiction to exercise jurisdiction
over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide even when there is
no link between those countries and the crime. Investigations into
these cases can even take place when the suspect is neither present in
their territory nor a resident. Notably, Belgium and Spain once had
statutes recognizing “pure” universal jurisdiction that their
governments have since narrowed."
You can read the rest of the post via the below link:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-german-courts-bring-accountability-torture-syria
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