Universal Jurisdiction

Universal Jurisdiction

Imagine the uproar if the U.S. claimed "universal jurisdiction" over foreign nationals who have done nothing in or two America.

FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Belgium Nixes War-Crimes Charges Against Bush, Powell, Cheney, Sharon

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgium's highest court dismissed war crimes complaints Wednesday against former President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, ruling the country no longer has a legal basis to charge them. . . .

The cases were based on a Belgian universal jurisdiction law allowing for foreigners to file genocide and war crimes complaints against foreign leaders.