Audio Commentary on Universal Jurisdiction
June 2006
 Nehal Bhuta is the Arthur Helton Fellow with the International Justice Program
at Human Rights Watch. Here he speaks about how universal jurisdiction is currently
being used in Europe to try war criminals.
Bhuta has just released the Human Rights Watch report Universal Jurisdiction: The State of the Art.
Complete Commentary:
Commentary in Segments:
Part 1: Running Time - 2:04 Minutes
What is Universal Jurisdiction and how is it currently being used?
Part 2: Running Time - 1:06 Minutes
There has been a steady rise in the
use of Universal Jurisdiction throughout Western Europe since 2000, but some
countries in Europe have not caught
up to this trend. Why?
Part 3: Running Time - 1:37 Minutes
We are seeing a lack of political
will to practice universal jurisdiction specifically in France and Germany.
Can
you explain?
Part 4: Running Time - 1:32 Minutes
Now how is the US playing out in all
of this? Are we seeing any Universal Jurisdiction cases here in the US?
Part 5: Running Time - 1:58 Minutes
If we have the International Criminal
Court to try war criminals and the justice systems where the crime takes
place, why is universal jurisdiction
necessary?
Part 6: Running Time - 1:33 Minutes
What do you hope will come out of the
HRW report?
 Geraldine Mattioli, International Justice Advocate in Brussels, explains
why France in particular is lagging behind in the European trend to try
war criminals through universal jurisdiction:
Running Time: 5:03 Minutes
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