February 18, 2026 OVERVIEW   Canada enacted the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act  (CAHWCA) in 2000.  The CAHWCA allows Canadian courts to prosecute genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world under universal jurisdiction, which allows for prosecution even when neither victims nor perpetrators were Canadian.  However, there have only been two cases prosecuted under the CAHWCA, which relate to the Rwanda genocide .  Certain provi