Italian marines case 2012. Flashcards
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Background?
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2 italians shot the fishermen thinking they were ‘pirates’.
2
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recent judgement of SC?
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August 2020 : would close the criminal trial of the Marines in India only after the victims’ families were heard and paid a ‘hefty’ compensation.
3
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Central government’s stand?
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will “accept and abide” by an international tribunal’s award that the Marines should be tried in their native Italy.
-India is bound by United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
4
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About UNCLOS?
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- Started 1982 AKA Law of seas
- only international convention which stipulates a framework for state jurisdiction in maritime spaces. -> Mhnje konache adhikar kuth paryant astil he ya law under define kelay
- divides sea in five main zones namely- Internal Waters, Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the High Seas.
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Under UNCLOS
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About ITLOS?
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