Universal jurisdiction, crimes committed abroad and justice for international crimes committed in Syria

Abstract: This paper has as its subject of analysis a first trial at a national level in Germany (Berlin-Koblenz) for crimes committed abroad and especially in Syria. For the first time, the application of a universal jurisdiction is notable, laying the foundations for justice that is now feasible at a national level for crimes that until now have only been addressed by international criminal justice. Universal jurisdiction, crimes against war, crimes against humanity, genocide, torture, etc. are crimes, cases that now need to be followed by a national code that national legislators must be working on in the coming years to face these challenges for an international criminal justice that now has years behind it where after the jurisprudence of the international courts we can now mention that European and not societies are now ripe to start holding national trials for international crimes.