States criminal jurisdiction under International Law: fostering a common and better understanding
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Over the past few years, the extent to which international law allows States to exercise their jurisdiction in criminal matters has been a subject of diplomatic tensions between States. The purpose of this paper is to shed some light, on the question as to what extent a State, powerful or weak, has a right under international law to extend its criminal jurisdiction to cover crimes committed in foreign States. Keywords: Universal jurisdiction, extraterritorial jurisdiction, territorial jurisdiction, international crimes, States’ jurisdiction under international law
Author: Evode Kayitana
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2794890053