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Transnational Justice: the new dimension

18/02/2010 By Vidal Martín

During the past two decades, the principle of universal jurisdiction has been increasingly implemented on a global level. The recent setbacks call into question its foundations and its role in global justice as well as accountability.

This working paper by Vidal Martín examines the origin and development of Universal Justice with the aim of understanding its role within the legal protection of human rights. It also analyses the benefits of this type of jurisdiction both for the international community and the democratic state and its division of power, as well as the dangers it faces, in light of recent world events.

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Keywords

Human rights International Criminal Court International Criminal Justice Justice Transitional justice

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Bio author: Vidal Martín

Vidal Martín runs the "International Criminal Justice and Post-Conflict project" at FRIDE, which is related to Human Rights, Transitional and Universal Justice, as well as the complementarity between national and international courts. He previously worked at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR), National University of Ireland (Galway).