In Australia, persons can be prosecuted under the principal of universal jurisdiction. This is when a national court recognizes serious crimes against international law. On Friday, a team of highly respected Australian human rights attorneys filed a private prosecution application to the Melbourne magistrates’ courts against Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently in Australia, attending the ASEAN Australia special summit.
A response to the application should be revealed
next week, however cannot be processed without the consent of the attorney
general, Christian Porter. The legal team has commented on the implementation
of the prosecution due to the de-facto Myanmar government leader failing to use
her position of authority to condemn the national Myanmar security force from
committing genocide
of the Rohingya people.
It is common for guardians involved in Thailand child
custody battles to blame the other
guardian of sexual or physical abuse. It is advised by expert child custody
attorneys in Thailand to keep record of
Saving evidence of crimes.
A spokesperson for the Australian legal team
acknowledges the difficulty of prosecuting a foreign leader under universal
jurisdiction prosecution. There may be conflict of whether she is protected
with immunity.
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Image: Aung
San Suu Kyi
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