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What is Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Chapter 9
Handbook of Research on Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Conflicts and Their Impact on State and Social Security
The situation when a state extends its legal power beyond its territorial boundaries. Examples include where a state maintains jurisdiction over its citizens when they are overseas, and where certain criminal offences can be prosecuted in a state regardless of where they were committed.
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Human Rights Protection in Occupied Territories
Mariam Jikia (Georgian Technical University, Georgia)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8911-3.ch009
Abstract
The chapter discusses the protection mechanisms of human rights in occupied territories, namely it concerns the issue of application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in occupied territories. The author gives detailed information about the main system for administration of occupied territories, in particular about the conventional and customary law, as well as secondary resources such as court decisions and UN resolutions. The chapter analyses international treaties, customary law, and case law to identify the main problems related to human rights protection in occupied territories, the positive obligations of states to protect population living in occupied territories, and the relevance of existing legal norms with the state practice.
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