The M/V Saiga (No. 2) case
The M/V Saiga (No. 2) case Principle: To hot pursuit, the rules of hot pursuit under Article 111 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea must be followed. Fact: Guinea used...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 18, 2016 · Last modified May 21, 2018
The M/V Saiga (No. 2) case Principle: To hot pursuit, the rules of hot pursuit under Article 111 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea must be followed. Fact: Guinea used...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 18, 2016 · Last modified May 21, 2018
The I’m Alone (1935) Principle: Hot Pursuit must be continuous. Fact: In 1929 a Canadian registered ship named “I am alone” was smuggling into the inline sea of USA. USA naval police signal it...
International Law / Case / Law of the Sea
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 18, 2016 · Last modified May 21, 2018
Corfu Channel Case (UK and Northern Ireland v. People’s Republic of Albania) ICJ 194 Principle: The principle of the freedom of maritime communication. An international rout must be free from any danger, and the coastal...
International Law / Case / Law of the Sea
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 17, 2016 · Last modified July 22, 2020
Anglo – Norwegian Fisheries case (1951) ICJ Rep. 166 Principle: The baseline can be calculated straightly linking the outmost points of the land. It is called straight baseline principle. Fact: In 1935 by a government...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 17, 2016 · Last modified May 21, 2018
Mighell v. Sultan of Johore Principle: Foreign sovereign shall be treated as independent sovereign and therefore have immunity form local jurisdiction. Diplomatic immunity. Fact: The Sultan’ s sovereign status was an issue in a...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 12, 2016 · Last modified May 21, 2018
United States v. Yunis 924 F.2d 1086 (1991) Principle: Passive nationality principle; a state may assume extra-territorial jurisdiction over aliens if that person cause suffering, injury or a civil damage is its national. Fact: Mr....
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 5, 2016 · Last modified May 21, 2018
Re Castioni, 1891, Queen Bench Division Principle: When the offence is political offence by its nature, the offender may not be extradited. Facts: Mr Castioni was a switch citizen. He killed a municipal councilor during...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published September 1, 2016 · Last modified September 27, 2018
Attorney General of the Government of Israel Vs Eichmann (1962) Principle: The universal principle (Jurisdiction). It recognizes that a sovereign can adopt criminal laws that apply to the person who has committed any crime...
Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) Bhopal vs Union Of India Principle: A state may exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction over its national on the basis that nationality is a mark of allegiance. Known as Active...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published August 26, 2016 · Last modified November 27, 2019
The Cutting Case, 1887, Mexico Vs USA PRINCIPLE: Any state can apply his jurisdiction beyond his territory on the foreign citizen if the act of foreign citizen is done, which was a violation of...
May It Please Your Honor This is an application under Order 38 rule 5 of Code of Civil Procedure for attachment before the judgment. Your Honor, the original suit was filed for realization of...
Introduction This is a case about violation of international agreement known as “The Chorzow Factory Case”. The question before the court was whether Poland can be made liable for such violation of an international...
Human Rights / International Humanitarian Law / International Law
by Rayhanul Islam · Published August 18, 2016 · Last modified August 22, 2016
How has ICRC defined International Humanitarian Law? International humanitarian law is a part of international law, a set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects...
After the death of a person his/her property gets divided into many portions under the personal law or law of the inheritance, these portions of the property are divided among the family members, in...
Barcelona Traction Light and Power Co ltd (Belgium V Spain, ICJ 1970) Principle: Companies are separate entity in the eye of law. Fact: The Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Co. Ltd., (hereinafter called Barcelona...
by Rayhanul Islam · Published July 2, 2016 · Last modified September 27, 2018
The Chorzow Factory Case (1928, Germany v Poland) Principle: It is a general principle of law as well as International law, that any breach of agreement creates an obligation to make reparation. Fact: There was an agreement between...
North Sea Continental Shelf cases, ICJ Reps, 1969, p. 3 at 44 Principle: Ratification after signature is required to consequently make that party liable to obey the treaty. Fact: On 1 December 1964, the Federal Republic...
Lotus Case (France V Turkey, PCIJ 1927) Principle: To be customary International Law there must be some legal obligation (Opinio Juris) or force to maintain the customs not because merely they want to. Fact:...
Asylum Case (Columbia v. Peru, 1950) Principle: For Custom to be definitively proven, it must be continuously and uniformly executed. Fact: Peru issued an arrest warrant against Victor Raul Haya de la Torre “in...
The Scotia Case (USA vs. UK, 1871) Principle: Some customs need not to be ancient to become an International law rather if it is specified and accepted and also maintained by numbers of nations...