Abstract
The crime of genocide is one of the crimes under international law and was first defined in the UN Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948). As a legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the crime entered international criminal law and attracts attention of both doctrine and practice.
One of the topics that is connected to the crime of genocide and deserves thorough analysis, is the universal jurisdiction. With help of case-law and domestic practice, the chapter analyses, describes and identifies relevant legal issues of the crime of genocide and universal jurisdiction applied during its investigation and prosecution.