... extradited to Spain to stand trial for crimes committed against humanity. However in March 2000, Home Secretary Jack Straw decided that General Pinochet was unfit to stand trial due to medical reasons. Pinochet's case put to the test the stability and structure of our International Law system in many ways: it questioned the 1984 Torture convention on extradition provisions, claims to ... universal jurisdiction, diplomatic immunity, and the link between international humanitarian law and human rights law. In the 1984 International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or De...

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