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Jurisdiction after Grant of Foreign Amnesty (Austria) Case.

Austria.  20 February 1959 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Criminal jurisdiction over foreigners — Offences committed in territory of forum — Subsequent escape of offenders to home State from which no extradition possible — Right of home State to prosecute precluded by amnesty — Return of offenders to territory of forum — Whether courts of forum entitled to exercise jurisdiction notwithstanding amnesty in home State — The law of Austria.

Keywords

Jurisdiction
Type
Case Report
Information
International Law Reports , Volume 28 , 1963 , pp. 143 - 144
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1963

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