Universal jurisdiction as a symptom

From Burundi to the Afro-Asian ellipse

Abstract

Based on the decision of the Republic of Burundi to leave the International Criminal Court, the focus is on the political situation in this country and the imbalances of universal jurisdiction. In this way, elements that allow ex- panding the analysis through the propensity to violence of other political systems are revealed. The result is the proposal of a geographical sector that contains several States with similar characteristics. This space that helps the study of each particular case within a framework of interrelation has been called here as the Afro-Asian ellipse.