Week 3 - Lecture 6 - Prosecuting war & terrorist crimes committed in Syria

Question 1

Extraterritorial jurisdiction

Answer 1

National courts prosecute international crimes

Question 2

Universal jurisdiction

Answer 2

Any state can prosecute, regardless of nationality of individual or location of the crime

'’Subtype’’ of extraterritorial jurisdictiction

Question 3

Trial in absentia

Answer 3

Trial without the accused

Question 4

Immunity ratione personae

Answer 4

International customary law that sitting heads of states are immune from prosecution