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Eichmann case in 1961, Case of Universal Jurisdiction

Argentina in any way . In addition , they asserted that Eichmann left voluntarily and was accompanied by private Israeli citizens who were merely doing their civic duty ' in bringing Nazis to justice . Furthermore , Israel invoked universal jurisdiction and passive-personality . The issue of territorial jurisdiction could have raised criticisms and would have worked against Israel 's favor since , as stated by Eichmann 's defense counsel that Israel did exist yet and legally , had no right to try Eichmann and even if it did exist , the crimes did not take place in Israel (Arendt

1963 , pp .262-263

The Israeli position also asserted the exceptionality and uniqueness of Eichmann 's case and that this should be something worth considering given the fact the whole world by that time was aware of the atrocities committed by the Nazis . There was also a political angle to the case Argentina , along with several other South American countries , has been the ideal haven for former Nazis , not only because of a large concentration of German immigrants , because they do not extradite foreign criminals , even if they become naturalized citizens . The rationale behind this is that all offenses committed in the last war (World War II ) had fallen under the statue of limitation fifteen years after the end of the war (Arendt 1963 ,

.264 ' If this were to be followed , Eichmann could not be arrested and it can be inferred here that the Argentine government would never consent with the Israel 's request to hand over any Nazi fugitives living in their territory nor cooperate in any way because of this policy , overt or otherwise . This was the reason why Israeli took it upon themselves to apprehend Eichmann in a covert operation

Despite Israel 's efforts to justify their actions , the UN Security Council censured Israel . It required...

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