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The embassy of Iraq in Pakistan Case 1973 Principle: Diplomatic Immunity must be used to serve its purpose only. Fact: At a weapons shipment smuggled from the Soviet Union with Iraqi assistance. He reported that the weapons were being...
San Yat Sen Incident Case 1886 Principle: No country can interfere the matters of another sovereign country, including the affairs of his diplomatic immunity. Fact: Sun Yat Sen was Chinese Revolutionary, he managed to escape...
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...
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....
Abu Daud Case, 1977| Munich massacre case Principle: Extradition application should be in a proper way and proper manner and Political offence should be carefully distinguisher form terror attacks. Fact: In 1976 Munich Olympic...
Re Muenier, 1894, Queen Bench Division Principle: Political offences must be distinguished from the terrorist activities. If a person do not believe in political organization his offences cannot be treated as political offence. Fact:...
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...
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...
Joyce v Director of Public Prosecutin. [1945] | Lord Haw Haw Case PRINCIPLE: Protective Principle. If a crime committed outside of the country by a foreign national which effect that country he may charged...
The operation of laws upon persons existing beyond the limits of the enacting state or nation but who are still amenable to its laws. Jurisdiction exercised by a nation in other countries by treaty, or...
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...
The Cutting Case, 1887, Mexico Vs USA PRINCIPLE: Any state can apply his jurisdiction beyond his territorial on the foreign citizen if the act of foreign citizen is done, which was a violation 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...
File E. c. XIII. Docket XIV: I. Judgment No. 13 13 September 1928 PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Fourteenth (Ordinary) Session The Factory At Chorzow (Claim for Indemnity) (The Merits) Germany v. Poland Judgment...
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...
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...
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: On 2 August...
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...
