Jurisdiction has always been omnipresent in the international legal system. Lassa Oppenheim describes jurisdiction essentially “as the right of the state to regulate the conduct or consequences of events.” Jurisdiction has many facets, one area that has been a cause of controversy among many academics is universal jurisdiction. Defining universal jurisdiction has been problematic to say the least. Roger O'Keefe in his article alluded to universal jurisdiction as “the assertion of criminal jurisdiction by a State in the absence of any other generally recognized head of prescriptive jurisdiction”. Originally, the grounds for invoking universal jurisdiction were limited to piracy. More recently, the grounds have been expanded to include heinous crimes and violations of prohibitions with jus cogens status. Even if the crime does not affect the forum state, crimes that have a hostis humani generis element are accepted as sufficient to invoke universal jurisdiction. leave doubts about the legitimacy of the principle. In the following paragraphs I will examine these foundations and the principle that has been built around them, I will study the main issues, namely the legality of its application and the prerequisites for the application of universal jurisdiction and the problems arising from it. Next I will also look at how academics, politicians, governments and intergovernmental organizations are attempting to correct the problems. The long-standing reasoning for this scope of jurisdiction is said to be piracy, a problem that has affected and still affects many today. Piracy has long been a problem... half of the article... support and encouragement for the "wide distribution" of the Principles. The fourteen principles seek to address the issues seen above along with addressing issues that may arise in the near future. The project realized that what the law is and what it should be are two different things and sought to narrow the gap. By studying the principles and accompanying comments it is possible to see the divergence that universal jurisdiction can take and easily understand how the concept has become almost farcical. Hopefully, countries will continue to interact on the issue and further absorption of the above-mentioned principles is needed. place. Thus the aforementioned topic will be aligned worldwide. Thus, its use could perfect injustices and address human rights violations, which should be the fundamental reasoning behind this form of jurisdiction..