Volume 7 , Issue 2 , December 2019 , Pages 9-67
Hussein Abd Ali Issa 1 ; Shirwan Ali Mahmood 1
1 "Law Department, College of Law, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq/ Law Department, College of Law, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq."
The universal criminal jurisdiction, its definition, scope and application by the national judiciary has been occupied by many jurists, Even the General Assembly of the United Nations has participated in its efforts to define the principle, define its scope and urge its application, These ongoing efforts. This research sheds light on this principle and highlights its importance and role in combating the perpetrators of the most serious international crimes and pursuing them to prevent them from escaping punishment.