普遍管辖原则是随着跨国犯罪的日益猖獗而逐渐发展起来的。其内容是指只要有犯罪的发生,任何一个国家都可以对该犯罪进行刑事管辖。它突破了传统刑事管辖造成的刑事管辖权冲突。但是它并没有否定国家主权,也不是对传统刑事管辖原则的代替,而是与其它原则一起构成了一国刑事管辖 The principle of universal jurisdiction has been gradually developed as transnational crimes become more rampant. Its content means that as long as a crime occurs, any country can criminalize the crime. It breaks through the criminal jurisdiction conflicts caused by traditional criminal jurisdiction. However, it does not negate the national sovereignty, nor does it replace traditional principles of criminal jurisdiction, but, together with other principles, constitutes the criminal jurisdiction of a country