CJK: "acts or laws of universal jurisdiction empower a few private individuals to bring criminal suits on the basis of political motivations outside the interests of the state." outside. the. interests. of. that. state. You are claiming that justice should - must! - be deferred because it is inconvenient for Brown to see justice being served on his watch. On that basis the Israelis should have released Adolf Eichmann the moment the Argentinians started complaining about his abduction. Look, Cipora, these are the only questions that were relevent to the judge: 1) Is the accused within British jurisdiction? 2) Is the person accused of war crimes? 3) Is there prima-facie evidence of guilt? If the answer is YES to all three then a warrant for the arrest of that suspect MUST be issued, and it does not - and should not - matter one whit wether doing that embarrasses either Brown or Millibrand.