Universal Jurisdiction — the Most Difficult Path to Achieve Justice for Sri Lanka

In light of previous futile domestic efforts to prosecute Sri Lankan war criminals, Andreas Schueller, Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) highlights the failure to prosecute Sri Lanka's war criminals under universal jurisdiction and highlights the need for a UN investigative mechanism to pursue accountability for Sri Lankan war crimes. Germany's one-sided prosecution of war crimes Commenting on the track-record of international prosecutions, Schueller highlights Germany's as "highlight troubling"...