Open AccessTHE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF A COASTAL STATE IN TERRITORIAL SEAWATERS OVER FOREIGN-FLAGGED SHIPS IN THE LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Masło
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
probacja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-311X
pISSN - 1689-6122
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0015.8038
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , criminal jurisdiction , state (computer science) , flag (linear algebra) , law , law of the sea , political science , international law , united nations convention on the law of the sea , international waters , geography , public international law , computer science , mathematics , algebra over a field , algorithm , pure mathematics
The coastal State does not enjoy the same level of powers over theterritorial sea as it has over land territory. The extent of the coastal State’scriminal jurisdiction over ships flying a foreign flag is determined by theRight of Innocent Passage. Although such a ship cannot be consideredan extension of the flag State’s land territory, in the interests of maritimetrade and safe navigation, international law of the sea confers the exerciseof criminal jurisdiction primarily on the flag State. However, the coastalstate can exercise this jurisdiction only in strictly limited cases.