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Neat News 2022-13 (added 2022-01-13)
First conviction against Syrian torturer
Public Domain by Maerten van Heemskerck
| The 1984 UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment allows states to convict criminals also when they are not in the country where they committed the crimes. Using this universal jurisdiction, a German court has today as a first convicted a Syrian colonel to life in prison for crimes against humanity. related: #universal_jurisdiction |
News seen at: BBC - Europe
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