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Jurisdiction Flashcards

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Art 2 (1) UN charter

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You cannot interfere in others domestic jurisdiction

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Which type of jurisdiction are we mainly concerned with?

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Criminal

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Sir Ivor Jennings

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Smoking on the streets of Paris

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The lotus case

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Enforcement of a states jurisdiction cannot be exercised by a state outside its territory except by virtue of permissive rule derived from international rule or custom (this has since been seen as wrong)

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What are the 4 standard grounds for exercising criminal jurisdiction?

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TerritorialNationalityProtectiveUniversal

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Territorial jurisdiction

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A state has unlimited power (subject to erga omnes rules and treaty obligations) to enforce any laws it passes on territory

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What is the effects principle? Subjective and objective…

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Territorial jurisdiction Looking at where feels your effect Plotting the distribution of Sweden in RussiaObjective approach- the effected territory has jurisdictionSubjective approach- says the place it starts has jurisdiction

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Whose territory is a ship/ aircraft?

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It is quasi- international territory independent from them

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What is nationality (active)?

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The idea that you owe your state dutiesThe U.S. Have to pay tax no matter where they are You can claim authority over your nationals anywhere

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Case for active nationality

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Nottenbohm case

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Some examples of UK active nationality

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TreasonSex with children

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Passive nationality

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You being attacked, traditionally this was not supported but has found more support these days

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What case led to the U.S. Adopting legislation on passive nationality?

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Achille Lauro incident

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Where do the courts state that passive nationality was accepted under international law?

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U.S. V yunis

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Where else recognises the passive nationality principle?

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The UN convention on torture

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What is the protective jurisdiction principle?

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Protective principle is a rule of international law that allows a sovereign state to assert jurisdiction over a person whose conduct outside its boundaries threatens the states security or interferes with the operation of its government functions.

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Joyce v director of public prosecutions

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Pro nazi fraudulently obtained British passport before leaving Germany

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Protective principle and doing things In other countries

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A Russian national who was printing us counterfeit dollars could be subject to U.S. Jurisdiction

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Case of the universality principle

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Filartiga v Pena- Irala

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What is the universality principle?

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Some crimes are so abhorrent that all of the international community has an interest in prosecution

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What would count as universality?

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GenocideTortureSlavery

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Case of the universality principle

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Congo v Belgium

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A treaty based on jurisdiction regimes

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Torture convention 1984

24
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Tokyo convention

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Hijacking treaty: you have jurisdiction where:The plane is registered (art 3) Any state it has effect (art 4)Any state whose nationals are harmed Any state whose security is affected

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The Montreal convention

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Hijacking convention Offence committed on territoryaircraft is registered in state where it lands Place of business of lease

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Drawbacks to universality jurisdiction

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Often against people who are no longer in powerPractical difficulty of going abroad to find peopleFew treaties will actually make universality compulsory

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What is the the biggest example of universality principle?

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Genocide convention

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Beneficiaries of immunity

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Diplomats and representatives of other states States themselves Heads of state and ministers of state- but with ever increasing encroachment, especially when they are not in office

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Examples of immunity from evil people

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Sadaam and Pinochet

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Why have immunity from jurisdiction?

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Representing and protecting state interestsIf all states are equal then one state shouldn’t be subject to the authority of anotherSome of the first PIL rules

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Early example of immunity from jurisdiction

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Sir Thomas roe to the court of Mughal emperor

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Where can the basic rules for diplomatic immunity be found?

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They can be found in the 1961 Vienna convention

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About the history of the Vienna convention?

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189 ratifications Negotiated very widely over a very long period of time and so dry few reservations

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Main provisions of the Vienna convention

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Functions of diplomatic mission (art 3)The diplomatic bag (art 27). Embassy premises (art 22) Personal inviolability (art 29)Residential inviolability (art 30)Personal immunity (art 31)

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Examples of abuse of the art 22 principle of embassy immunity

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Iraqi embassy in Palestine

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Examples of non compliance of art 27 diplomatic bag

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Disco incident- Nigerian minister kidnapped on the streets of London

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State immunity was originally a doctrine of absolute immunity

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Mighell case

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There has been a growth of relative immunity in regard to states

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Trendtex

39
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Absolute immunity also extends to heads of state

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R v bow street

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What is extra territorial jurisdiction?

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You can sometimes claim jurisdiction outside of your states boundaries

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What is an example of extraterritorial jurisdiction?

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Woodpulp - the CJEU found 4 multi- nationals guilty of violating EU competition laws despite that they were located outside the EU at the time

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What is concurrent jurisdiction?

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Many states being able to claim over one act

43
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What happened after the Russian revolution 1917

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States were still immune for governmental acts, but not commercial To determine this, some states looked at the object of the transaction some the nature (the latter is preferred)

44
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Where was it held that state immunity could not apply when jus cogens was violated

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Ferrini

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What Case confirms immunity

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Arrest warrant case

46
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Where can negative proof that immunities exist be found?

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The torture convention

47
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Opinio juris is reflected in the acts of states

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Nicaragua case

48
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Israel v eichman

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About nazi war crimes Does the court have jurisdiction considering E was a foreign national and crimes were committed in a foreign territory?It was found they did under universality

49
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Arrest warrant case

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Did the arrest of the Congo minister violate immunity? Yes

50
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Are you still immune once you have left the ministry?

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Yes but not from things like murder

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