Justice among Nations. A History of International Law - Stephen C. Neff

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  1. Cicero, On Duties, ed. M. T. Griffi n and E. M. Atkins; trans. E. M. Atkins
    (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991 [44 b.c.]), 141.

  2. Alberico Gentili, On the Law of War, trans. John C. Rolfe (Oxford: Clarendon
    Press, 1933 [1598]), 124.

  3. Emmerich de Vattel, Th e Law of Nations; or, Th e Principles of Natural Law Ap-
    plied to the Conduct and to the Aff airs of the Nations and Sovereigns, trans. Charles G.
    Fenwick (Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1916 [1758]), 93. See also Henry
    Wheaton, Elements of International Law (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard,
    1836), 112– 14.

  4. Geneva Convention I on Wounded and Sick on Land, Aug. 12, 1949, 75 UNTS
    31, art. 49; Geneva Convention II, on Wounded and Sick at Sea, Aug. 12, 1949, 75
    UNTS 85, art. 50; Geneva Convention III, on Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, 75 UNTS
    135, art. 129; and Geneva Convention IV, on Civilians, Aug. 12, 1949, 75 UNTS 287,
    art. 146.

  5. For an informative summary of state practice in this regard, see Table 1 of UN
    Secretary- General, Th e Scope and Application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdic-
    tion, UN Doc. A/65/181 (2010), 28– 32.

  6. Hague Convention on Aerial Hijacking, Dec. 16, 1970, 860 UNTS 105, art. 7.

  7. See Montreal Convention on Unlawful Acts against Civil Aviation, Sep. 23,
    1971, 974 UNTS 177, art. 7; International Convention against the Taking of Hostages,
    Dec. 17, 1979, 1316 UNTS 205, art. 8(1); International Convention against Maritime
    Terrorism, Mar. 10, 1988, 1678 UNTS 221, art. 10(1); and International Convention for
    the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, Dec. 15, 1997, 2149 UNTS 256, art. 8.

  8. Convention against Torture, Dec. 10, 1984, 1465 UNTS 85, art. 5(2).

  9. Jorgi v. Germany, 47 EHRR 207 (2007), paras. 64– 72.

  10. UN Secretary- General, Scope and Application, 14– 15.

  11. Opinion of Judge Guillaume, Arrest Warrant Case (Congo v. Belgium), 2002
    ICJ Rep. 3, 35, para. 15.

  12. Decision No. Assembly/AU/Dec.199(XI) (2008). See also AU Doc. Assembly/
    AU/Dec.292 (XV) (2010).

  13. AU- EU, Technical Ad hoc Expert Group on the Principle of Universal Jurisdic-
    tion, Report, Council of Eu rope Doc. 8672/1/09, REV 1 (2009).

  14. Ibid., 40– 42.

  15. Henry Kissinger, Does America Need a Foreign Policy? Toward a Diplomacy for
    the Twenty- First Century (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), 273.

  16. Ibid., 275– 76.

  17. Ibid., 273.

  18. UN Secretary- General, Report on Universal Jurisdiction, UN Doc. A/65/181
    (2010), 22.

  19. R. v. Bow Street Magistrate, ex p. Pinochet Ugarte (No. 3), [2000] 1 A.C. 147.

  20. Roman Anatolevich Kolodkin, Second report on Immunity of State Offi cials
    from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction, UN Doc. A/CN.4/631 (2010), 5, n. 19.


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