Abstract:When an international criminal tribunal establishes its headquarters in a state, its legal relationship with that state must be carved out. This legal relationship has the potential to exclude the applicability of human rights protection by curtailing the host state's jurisdiction in parts of its territory. Despite this, there is little clarity as to when when such curtailment should arise. This problem is illustrated by the situation regarding witnesses at the International Criminal Court, which has recently … Show more
“…The result was a conflict of law that was not contemplated by the Headquarters Agreement, as the Government of the Netherlands and the International Criminal Court each believed the other had jurisdiction over the witnesses. Netherlands (Irving 2014). After two years in detention, the Netherlands eventually denied the witnesses asylum and returned them to the Democratic Republic of the Congo because they might have been complicit in serious crimes.…”
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“…The result was a conflict of law that was not contemplated by the Headquarters Agreement, as the Government of the Netherlands and the International Criminal Court each believed the other had jurisdiction over the witnesses. Netherlands (Irving 2014). After two years in detention, the Netherlands eventually denied the witnesses asylum and returned them to the Democratic Republic of the Congo because they might have been complicit in serious crimes.…”
Section: The Government Of the Netherlandsmentioning
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