The fragility of a complementary universal jurisdiction of international criminal justice: the recent Spanish paradigm

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/anidip03.01.2015.04

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Issue: No. 3 (2015)
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Keywords: International Criminal Court universal jurisdiction extraterritorial jurisdiction impunity international criminal justice Spain.

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Carmen Vallejo Pena
Universidad de Jaen

Abstract

Installed in the general consciousness of humanity the imperative to prevent impunity for the most serious international crimes, the relevance of universal jurisdiction in achieving this end is unquestioned from the international consensus. However, this consensus disappears when deepens in scope, content and application. States pushed for it are succumbing to antagonistic forces favored by international dissension in their regulation. The case of Spain and its recent legislative reform serves as a current example of involution which is subject to the principle of universal jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the gap of impunity for serious violations of human rights is extended, despite notable practices of state courts in the prosecution and punishment of the enemies of mankind (hostis humani generis).
Author Biography

Carmen Vallejo Pena, Universidad de Jaen

Abogada. Vicedecana del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Jaén (España), profesora asociada de Derecho Internacional en la Universidad de Jaén (España).

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Vallejo Pena, C. (2021). The fragility of a complementary universal jurisdiction of international criminal justice: the recent Spanish paradigm. Anuario Iberoamericano De Derecho Internacional Penal, 3(3), 99–123. https://doi.org/10.12804/anidip03.01.2015.04 (Original work published September 29, 2015)
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