DECISION ON THE ABUSE OF THE PRINCIPLE
OF UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION
DOC. EX.CL/522(XV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.199(XI) adopted in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in July 2008 as well as Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.213 (XII) on the Abuse of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2009;
2. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the Report of the African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Technical Ad-hoc Expert Group set up by the Eleventh AU-EU Ministerial Troika with the mandate to clarify the respective understanding on the African and EU sides of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction;
3. INVITES the Member States affected by the abusive application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction by non-African States to communicate to the Commission the list and details of pending cases in non-African States against African personalities;
4. REQUESTS the Commission to follow up on this matter with a view to ensuring that a definitive solution to this problem is reached and to report to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly, through the Executive Council, in January/February 2010.