(Yet) Another Publication

Today, the American Society for International Law published my article on universal jurisdiction applied to the criminal complaint filed on November 14, 2006 in a German court against senior U.S. officials, including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former CIA Director George Tenet, high ranking military officers, and several former government lawyers. The complaint alleges torture and war crimes at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp, and perhaps more importantly, the complaint renews debate regarding the international law of universal jurisdiction. Among other issues raised from this complaint, the article discusses this law, which allows for certain offenses to be prosecuted wherever the alleged offender is found, even if he or she is not a national of the prosecuting country. To read the article, click here.