Explained: How Universal Jurisdiction Has Been Used to Pursue African Leaders and Rebel Commanders

WIRE — By Wilson Musa YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon-Recent criminal complaints filed abroad against Cameroonian President Paul Biya by opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary have renewed public debate over universal jurisdiction; a legal doctrine that, under certain circumstances, allows national courts to investigate and prosecute genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture committed outside their own territory. The The post Explained: How Universal Jurisdiction Has Been Used to Pursue African Leaders and Rebel Commanders first appeared on Cameroon News Agency.

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