گزیده کتاب شناسی صلاحیت قضایی جهانی
Universal Jurisdiction A Selected bibliography
General articles/ books/ reports on universal jurisdiction
مقاله ها/کتاب ها/گزارش های عمومی در باره صلاحیت جهانی
Amnesty International, “Universal Jurisdiction – The duty of states to enact and implement legislation”, September 2001, available online at
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/IOR53/002/2001/en/dom -IOR530022001en.pdf
Brecher, Jeremy and Smith, Brendan “Prosecute Rumsfeld? Not ridiculous”, – The Nation,
۲۱ November 2006; http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061204/brechersmith
Broomhall, Bruce, “Towards the Development of an Effective System of Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Under International Law”, ۲۰۰۱, New England Law Review {Vol.35:2}, pp. 399 -420;
Cassese, Antonio, International Criminal Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003;
D’Amato, Anthony, “National Prosecution for international crimes”, in: Bassiouni, M.Cherif (ed) ‘International Criminal Law’, ۲۰۰۳, pp 217 -226;
International Council on Human Rights Policy, “Hard Cases: Brining Human Rights Violators to justice abroad. A guide to Universal Jurisdiction”, ۱۹۹۹;
Hawkins, Darren, “Universal Jurisdiction for Human Rights: from legal principle to limited reality”, Global Governance, 1 July 2003;
Human Rights Watch, “Beyond the Hague: The Challenges of International Justice”, World Report 2004, pp 194 -216;
Kaleck, W; Ratner, M.; Singelnstein, T.; Weiss, P. (Eds.), “International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes”, January 2007 to order online: http://www.springer.com/law/book/978 -3 -540 -36648 -5;
Kamminga, Menno T., “Lessons Learned from the Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction in Respect of Gross Human Rights Offenses”, Human Rights Quarterly, 23 (2001) pp. 940 -974;
مقاله بالا در همین مجموعه سیاست نامه منتشر شده است
Kirk -McDonald, Gabrielle & Swaak – Goldman, Olivia, “Substantive & Procedural Aspects of International Criminal Law”, The Hague, Kluwer Law, 2000, pp463 – 435;
Kreß, Claus, “Universal Jurisdiction over International Crimes and the Institut de Droit international”, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2006, 1 of 25;
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, “Universal Jurisdiction: Meeting the Challenge through NGO Cooperation”, Conference Report, New York, April 2002;
Macedo, Stephen, “Universal Jurisdiction – National Courts and the Prosecution of Serious Crimes under International Law”, ۲۰۰۶, University of Pennsylvania Press, 392 pages;
O’Keefe, Roger, “Universal Jurisdiction. Clarifying the Basic Concept”, Journal of International Criminal Law, (2) 2004, pp 735 -760;
Randall, Kenneth C., “Universal Jurisdiction Under International Law”, ۶۶ Texas Law Review, 1988;
Reydams, Luc, “Universal Jurisdiction – International and Municipal Perspectives, 2003, Oxford University Press, 288 pages;
Rikhof, Joseph, “Fewer Places to Hide? The impact of domestic war crimes prosecutions on international law”, Conference Paper 2008, available online at http://www.isrcl.org/Papers/2008/Rikhof.pdf;
Roht – Arriaza, Naomi: “Universal Jurisdiction: Steps Forward, Steps Back”, Leiden Journal of International Law, 17 (2004) pp 375 -389;
Roth, Ken, “The case for Universal Jurisdiction”, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2001;
Rothenberg, Daniel, “Let Justice Judge: An Interview with Judge Baltasar Garzon and Analysis of His Ideas”, Human Rights Quarterly, 24 (2002), pp 925 -973;
Ryngaert, Cedric; Chapter 4: Jurisdiction in International Law ‘The Principles of Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction’ (pp. 85 -134), December 2008;
Ryngaert, Cedric, “Universal Jurisdiction over Torture: a State of Affairs”, Working Paper No 66 – K.U.Leuven, Faculty of Law, December 2004;
Sands, Phillipe, “After Pinochet: the role of national courts”, in: Sands, Phillipe (ed): ‘From Nuremberg to the Hague – the future of international criminal justice’, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp 68 -108;
“Pulling back the blanket – The rules that protected world leaders from prosecution are being rewritten” – Economist, 10 July 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11707994
“How the mighty are falling – The beginning of the end of impunity for the world’s once all -powerful thugs” – Economist, 5 July 2007
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9441341
See also: Impunity ends for once powerful thugs, 4 June 2007
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9281021
“Contre l’impunité des criminals de guerre, la competence universelle, vite!” – Figaro, 23 September 2006
http://www.lefigaro.fr/debats/20060923.FIG000000633_contre_l_impunite_des_
criminels_de_guerrela_competence_universelle_vite.html
Information on Europe
اطلاعات درباره اروپا
FIDH and REDRESS, “Developments in the field of international criminal justice − August 2007 -July 2008”, available online at http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/UJ_developments_Aug07 -July08.pdf;
FIDH and REDRESS, “EU Update on Serious International Crimes”, all four editions (from June 2006 to July 2008) available online at http://www.redress.org/journals_newsletters.html;
FIDH and REDRESS, “Fostering an European Approach to Accountability for Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Torture – Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and the European Union”, April 2007, available online at http://www.redress.org/publications/Fostering%20an%20EU%20Approach.pdf
FIDH and REDRESS, “Legal Remedies for Victims of “International Crimes”− Fostering an EU approach to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction,” September 2004, available online at http://www.redress.org/publications/LegalRemediesFinal.pdf (English)
and http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/LegalRemedies -Final -french.pdf (French);
Ryngaert, Cedric, “Applying the Rome Statute’s Complementarity Principle: Drawing Lessons from the prosecution of Core Crimes by States Acting under the Universality Principle”, Working Paper No 98, August 2006;
Human Rights Watch, “Universal Jurisdiction in Europe: The State of the Art”, available online at http://hrw.org/reports/2006/ij0606;
Spinellis, Dionysios D., “Securing Evidence Abroad: A European Perspective”, in Bassiouni, M. Cherif (ed) ‘International Criminal Law’, ۲۰۰۳, pp 359 -379;
REDRESS, “Universal Jurisdiction in Europe, Criminal prosecutions in Europe since 1990 for war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and genocide,” ۳۰ June 1999, available online at
www.redress.org/publications /UJEurope.pdf;
Gendusa, Alan Vincenzo: “Universal Jurisdiction: A European Opportunity?”, ۱۲ June 2007, Europe>s World, available online at: http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/2823.cfm
Information on Countries
اطلاعات در باره کشورها
BELGIUM
Vandermeersch, Damien, “Prosecuting International Crimes in Belgium,” Journal of International Criminal Justice 3 (2005), pp. 400 -421;
Vandermeersch, Damien, “The ICC Statute and Belgian Law”, Journal of International Criminal Justice 2(2004), pp 133 -157;
BULGARIA
Amnesty International – Bulgaria: End Impunity Through Universal Jurisdiction, March 2009,
CANADA
Canadian War Crimes Programme: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/wc-cg/hist.html
DENMARK
Danish Serious International Crimes Office: http://www.sico.ankl.dk/
Vestberg, Birgitte, “Prosecuting and Investigating International Crimes in Denmark”, Guest Lecture Series of the Office of the Prosecutor”, available online at
http://www2.icc -cpi.int/NR/rdonlyres/9C4449DE -B59B -40E2 -BF72 -062764FFCBEB/0/Vestberg_paper.pdf
FRANCE
Bekker, Pieter H.F., Prorogated and Universal Jurisdiction in the International Court: Congo v France, American Society of International Law, Insights, April 2003, available at www.asil.org
Center for Constitutional Rights, “French War Crimes Complaint Against Donald Rumsfeld, et al.” – Synopsis of the Case; Complaint to French Prosecutor, Prosecutor’s Decision and the Open Letter to
the French Minister of Justice in the Rumsfeld Torture Case sent by several human rights organisations, available online at
Condijts, Joan, La Cour de Cassation clôt ‘affaire Total, Le Soir, 30 June 2005, available online at http://www.birmanie.net/birma/111_lesoir300605_2.html
FIDH, ‘Ely Ould Dah convicted after six years of proceedings. Our perseverance paid off!’, ۲ July 2005, available online at http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=1809
FIDH, ‘L’ancien vice -consul tunisien en France, Khaled Ben Saïd, condamné par la Cour d’assises du Bas Rhin,’ ۱۶ November 2008, at http://www.fidh.org/spip.php?article6163
FIDH, ‘France – Universal Jurisdiction – Status of the implementation of the principle of universal jurisdiction’, October 2005, available online at http://www.fidh.org/spip.php?article3562
Thalmann, Vanessa, “French Justice>s Endeavours to Substitute for the ICTR”, Journal of International Criminal Justice (2008), Volume 6, Number 5;
GERMANY
Amnesty International, “Germany – End impunity through universal jurisdiction”, October 2008, available online at
Zappala, Salvatore, “The German Federal Prosecutor’s Decision not to Prosecute a Former Uzbek Minister – Missed Opportunity or Prosecutorial Wisdeom?” Journal of International Criminal Justice (2006), 1 -21;
European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, “German Federal Prosecutor’s Office dismisses Rumsfeld, Gonzales War Crimes Case – The Case against Rumsfeld, Gonzales and others”, available online at http://www.ecchr.eu/rumsfeld.html (Complaint Introduction, Prosecutor Decision)
THE NETHERLANDS
Ferdinandusse, Ward, “On the Question of Dutch Courts’ Universal Jurisdiction – A response to Mettraux”, Journal of International Criminal Justice (2006) 4, 881 -883;
Mettraux, Guénaël, “Dutch Courts’ Universal Jurisdiction over Violations of Common Article 3 qua War Crimes”, Journal of International Criminal Justice 4 (2006), pp 362 -371;
Van der Wilt, Harmen G., “Genocide, Complicity in Genocide and International v. Domestic Jurisdiction, A reflection on the van Anraat case”, Journal of International Criminal Justice 4 (2006), 239 -257;
SPAIN
Ascensio, Hervé, “The Spanish Constitutional Tribunal’s Decision in Guatemalan Generals – Unconditional Universality is Back”, Journal of International Criminal Justice (2006), 1 of 9;
Bakker, Christine A.E., “Universal Jurisdiction of Spanish Courts over genocide in Tibet: Can it work?”, Journal of International Criminal Justice (2006), 1 of 7;
Cottier, Michal, “What Relationship between the Exercise of Universal and Territorial Jurisdiction? The Decision of 13 December 2000 of the Spanish National Court Shelving the Proceedings Against Guatemalan Nationals Accused of Genocide” in: Fischer, Horst; Kreß, Claus; Lüder, Sascha Rolf (eds.): ‘International and National Prosecution of Crimes under International Law’, ۲nd edit., 2004, in Bochumer Schriften zur Friedenssicherung und zum humanitären Völkerrecht.
Wilson, Richard J., “Argentine Military Officers Face Trial in Spanish Courts”, American Society of International Law, Insights, December 2003, available at www.asil.org
Comment on “The Spanish Indictment of High -ranking Rwandan Officials”, Journal of International Criminal Justice (2008), Volume 6, Number 5
SWEDEN
Amnesty International, “Sweden – End impunity through universal jurisdiction”, December 2008, available online at
UNITED KINGDOM
REDRESS/ Hickman& Rose, “Ending impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture and other crimes under international law – The urgent need to strengthen universal jurisdiction legislation and to enforce it vigorously, July 2008, available online at
http://www.redress.org/documents/
Amnesty International, ”United Kingdom: Government attempts to undermine its legal obligation to bring war criminals to justice”, ۳ February 2006 Report available: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR450022006?open&of=ENG -GBR
UNITED STATES
Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit: http://www.ice.gov/investigations/national_security/hrv.htm
Legal Documents
اسناد حقوقی
Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law – Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 60/147 of 16 December 2005, available online at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/remedy.htm
Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/CONVPRES?OpenView
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 1984 http://untreaty.un.org/english/treatyevent2001/pdf/07e.pdf
Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/disappearance -convention.htm
“The Cairo -Arusha principles on universal jurisdiction in respect of gross human rights offences: an African perspective”, ۲۰ October 2002 http://www.africalegalaid.org/Reports2/cairo_arusha_principles.pdf
“The Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction”, http://www.law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/ihrli/downloads/Princeton%20Principles.pdf
Resolution of the Institute of International Law, Krakow Session – ۲۰۰۵: Seventeenth Commission – Universal Criminal Jurisdiction with regard to the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, available online at http://www.idi -iil.org/idiE/resolutionsE/2005_kra_03_en.pdf
Universal Jurisdiction: Introduction to mechanisms and experiences, Khalil Rostamkhani. This article is based on a presentation on “Universal Jurisdiciton”at the Armanshahr Foundation offices in Kabul on Tuesday, 19th October 2010, where civil society and human rights activists participated.
