Assembly/AU/11 (XIII) Annex II Page 2     INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1   I. UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ......................................... 5 I.1 Definition and content ........................................................................................ 5 I.2 Distinction with other bases of jurisdiction under international law ................... 7 I.3 No mandatory hierarchy of internationally permissible jurisdictions .................. 4 II. APPROACHES TO UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IN THE NATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE OF MEMBER STATES OF THE AU AND EU ........................................ 7 II.1 African Union: Outline of National Law and Practice of Member States regarding Universal Jurisdiction .......................................................................... 7 II.2 European Union: Outline of National Law and Practice of Member States regarding Universal Jurisdiction ........................................................................ 12 III. JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT............................ 19 III.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 19 III.2 The International Criminal Court ....................................................................... 20 IV. THE KEY POINTS OF AU-EU CONCERN OVER UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION . 21 IV.1 African concerns ............................................................................................... 21 IV.2 European concerns ........................................................................................... 23 V. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................ 25 Version 31 March 09(FINAL)