On Friday 16 January 2026, the book Universal Jurisdiction over Core International Crimes: Law & Practice, edited by Lachezar Yanev and Harmen van der Wilt, will be launched at the VU.
This book explores how the domestic courts of states across Europe, North America and Oceania have defined and applied their substantive laws in universal jurisdiction trials for core international crimes. It considers what ‘universal justice’ actually looks like in the national courtrooms of diverse states and probes the extent to which there is uniformity in the pursuit to punish universally condemned crimes.
Date: Friday, 16 January 2026
Time: 17:00 – 19:15
Venue: VU Amsterdam Hoofdgebouw (Room: HG-Agora 1 / HG3C01), De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam