Attorney-General of the State of Israel v. Adolf Eichmann
Supreme Court of Israel
36 I.L.R. 277 (1962)
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Adolf Eichmann (defendant), a German Nazi officer responsible for the internment and extermination of Jewish people during World War II, was convicted in Israel of violating Israel's Nazis and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law and sentenced to death. West Germany had denied Eichmann's request for extradition. Eichmann appealed, arguing that because his offenses occurred in Germany, only Germany, not Israel, had jurisdiction to try him.
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Whether, under the international-law principle of universal jurisdiction, a nation may assert jurisdiction over a person who commits certain crimes against humanity even when no other jurisdictional principle applies.