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On Friday 16 January 20 26, the book Universal Jurisdiction over Core International Crimes: L aw & Practice, edited by Lachezar Yanev and Harmen van der Wilt, will be launched at the VU.

This book explores how the domestic c ourts 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 

DESCRIPTION: This book explores how the domestic courts of states acro ss Europe, North America and Oceania have defined and applied their s ubstantive laws in universal jurisdiction trials for core internation al crimes. It considers what ‘universal justice’ actually looks l ike in the national courtrooms of diverse states and probes the exten t to which there is uniformity in the pursuit to punish universally c ondemned crimes.  Date: Friday, 16 January 2026
Time: 17:00 – 19:15
Venue: VU Amsterdam Hoofdgebouw (Room: HG-Agora 1 / HG3C01), De Boel elaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam  On Friday 16 January 2026, the bo ok Universal Jurisdiction over Core International Crimes: Law & Pract ice, edited by Lachezar Yanev and Harmen van der Wilt, will be launch ed at the VU. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR