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Several countries apply universal jurisdiction when suspects are prosecuted for major crimes such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Among other examples, this allowed for Anwar Raslan to be convicted of crimes against humanity in Germany, for crimes committed while he was in Syria. Considering some of the answers to At what point is it "legal" to overthrow the government? which essentially state that if you succeed in overthrowing the government, nobody will prosecute you for it, I wonder:

Is there any country applying universal jurisdiction allowing for prosecuting a coup d'état happening in another country?

Wikipedia doesn't seem to list any, but Wikipedia may be incomplete.

Nate Eldredge
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A coup d'état would, almost certainly, involve acts or planning for acts captured by Australia’s laws against terrorism.

A terrorist act is an act, or a threat to act, that meets both these criteria:

  • it intends to coerce or influence the public or any government by intimidation to advance a political, religious or ideological cause.

  • it causes one or more of the following:

. - death, serious harm or danger to a person serious damage to property

. - a serious risk to the health or safety of the public

. - serious interference with, disruption to, or destruction of critical infrastructure such as a telecommunications or electricity network.

As drafted, the laws require no connection to Australia.

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