GCM v. Public Prosecutor

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Foreign armed forces — Criminal jurisdiction of receiving State — Concurrent jurisdiction of sending and receiving States — NATO Status of Forces Agreement, 1951, Article VII — Primary right of receiving State to exercise jurisdiction — Custody pending trial — Responsibility of sending State — Annex to Exchange of Notes between Governments of the United States and the Netherlands, 1954, Article 3 — The law of the Netherlands