Read a funny thing today

[tomas225]

I read a funny ting today if you ar like long out in the ocean you can kill some one whit out be punished it is any juridiktion there is that true ?

[eejit101]

Im taking that to mean -

You read a funny thing today, where you are out in international waters in the ocean/sea and you can kill somebody or something with no penalty as no-one has jurisdiction in international waters....

If you did mean that -

It depends on several principles, which sometimes overlap and cause confusion (with the result for example that fist fights on cruise ships are a nightmare for the authorities).

The first principle is that the country in which the relevant ship/aircraft is registered has jurisdiction. If that country can't or won't take action though, then international law recognises the right of the country of a person involved (the victim generally) to take jusrisdiction. However, there are some crimes where any country can accept jurisdiction to prosecute: piracy, slave trading or narcotics smuggling for example are subject to specific international laws.

You may also find, especially if you're a passenger on a ship, that your ticket requires you to accept that the laws of a particular country will apply in the event of any crime or incident during the voyage and an agrement like that (in the small print on the back of the booking) is generally binding.


So if your floating around, and you kill someone, yes, the country that person was from can prosecute you

[tomas225]

hehe thx for the clerification
but i read it in swedish hard to translate all words .