英国在皮诺切特案中就采用了这一原则。比利时在起诉哈布雷时也如此——直到欧盟在羞愧之下请塞内加尔——哈布雷的流亡国——代之审判。

It was invoked by Britain in the Pinochet case, and also by Belgium to prosecute Mr Habre-until the African Union was shamed into asking Senegal, his country of exile, to try him instead.