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The 33 pages that link to Universal jurisdiction, each with the reason it gives.

• International Criminal CourtCompared with: It enables domestic prosecutions outside the Court’s limited jurisdiction.

• War crimeRelated: Some national courts use this principle to pursue alleged war crimes committed abroad.

• International lawRelated: It tests how far states may enforce international norms beyond their territorial connections.

• Transitional justiceRelated: It raises the possibility of accountability when transitional institutions cannot or will not prosecute.

• Crimes against humanityRelated: Some national courts use it to prosecute crimes against humanity committed abroad.

• JurisdictionBroader topic: It is an exceptional claim of authority beyond ordinary territorial and national connections.

• International Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaCompared with: It offers a national-court route to accountability distinct from the ICTY’s UN mandate.

• AmnestyCompared with: It can challenge domestic amnesties by enabling prosecutions elsewhere for serious international crimes.

• ExtraditionCompared with: It can let a state prosecute locally instead of surrendering a suspect elsewhere.

• International criminal lawRelated: It provides a basis for national prosecution beyond ordinary territorial or nationality links.

• Amnesty InternationalRelated: Amnesty supports accountability efforts that can bring alleged perpetrators before courts beyond the country of abuse.

• Operation CondorRelated: It enabled foreign courts to pursue crimes tied to Condor beyond the perpetrators’ home countries.

• PiracyRelated: Piracy is a classic basis for jurisdiction beyond territorial waters.

• Rome StatuteCompared with: It can support national prosecutions beyond the territorial and membership rules governing the Court.

• Adolf EichmannRelated: Israel’s prosecution raised legal questions about trying Eichmann for crimes committed abroad.

• Truth commissionCompared with: It offers a route to prosecution when domestic processes, including commission recommendations, do not produce accountability.

• Guatemalan genocideRelated: Spanish proceedings tested whether crimes in Guatemala could be prosecuted abroad.

• International Criminal Tribunal for RwandaRelated: National prosecutions under this principle complemented the ICTR's restricted jurisdiction.

• ImpunityRelated: It offers a possible route to prosecution when territorial states protect alleged perpetrators.

• Pope Gregory ICompared with: Gregory resisted language that seemed to grant one bishop supremacy over all other bishops.

• Eichmann trialRelated: The trial raised whether Israel could prosecute crimes committed before the state existed.

• Raphael LemkinRelated: Lemkin argued that crimes against groups should concern humanity, not only the state where they occurred.

• Rohingya genocideRelated: It offers a possible route to prosecute alleged perpetrators outside Myanmar.

• Enforced disappearanceRelated: It can provide a route to prosecution when the state implicated in disappearances will not act.

• Min Aung HlaingRelated: Cases abroad may pursue alleged abuses when Myanmar’s domestic courts cannot provide accountability.

• Hissène HabréNarrower topic: Senegal prosecuted Habré for crimes committed in Chad under this principle.

• Uyghur TribunalRelated: Unlike a people’s tribunal, national courts applying this principle can bring criminal cases.

• War crimes trialsRelated: It can bring alleged war criminals before national courts far from the conflict.

• North Korean human rightsRelated: It is discussed as one possible route to accountability when domestic remedies are unavailable.

• Pact of ForgettingRelated: Foreign courts have tested whether Spanish amnesty rules can block accountability abroad.

• Klaus BarbieRelated: Barbie’s trial contributed to debate about prosecuting atrocities committed abroad.

• Soghomon TehlirianRelated: It offers a lawful route to prosecute atrocities beyond the place where they were committed.

• Crime of apartheidRelated: The Apartheid Convention calls on states parties to prosecute or extradite persons accused of the crime.