- Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction ratione temporis

Rules governing the exercise of jurisdiction

Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction

Exercise of preferential jurisdiction

Criminal responsibility and jurisdiction

DISCIPLINE AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION

In cases where the right to exercise jurisdiction is concurrent the following rules shall apply:

Non-use of areas under the jurisdiction of States Parties

Such jurisdiction shall be exercised only in conformity with this Agreement.

A State Party may also establish its jurisdiction over any such offence when:

With respect to the exercise of jurisdiction and without prejudice to Article 28 of the Convention:

Member States shall safeguard these channels and installations within their jurisdiction.

To this end, Part VII applies mutatis mutandis in respect of areas under national jurisdiction.

(ii) in the case of an offshore unit, to the coastal State to whose jurisdiction the unit is subject;

(ii) in the case of offshore an unit, to the coastal State to whose jurisdiction the unit is subject;

Conduct of Inspections in Areas beyond the Jurisdiction or Control of any State

(b) The authorities of the Contracting Parties shall notify one another of the disposition of all cases in which there are concurrent rights to exercise jurisdiction.

2 For the purposes of this Convention, a broadcaster within the jurisdiction of a Party is:

(d) ` Transboundary effects` means serious effects within the jurisdiction of a Party as a result of an industrial accident occurring within the jurisdiction of another Party;

4) This Convention does not exclude any criminal jurisdiction exercised in accordance with national law.

Each Party shall implement this program in its respective territory, on vessels subject to its jurisdiction and in marine areas with respect to which it exercises sovereignty or sovereign rights and jurisdiction.

` Area` means the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the rights, jurisdiction and duties of States under the Convention.

Areas of high seas surrounded entirely by an area under the national jurisdiction of a single State

2 A State Party may also establish its jurisdiction over any such offence when:

(a) In the case of components of biological diversity, in areas within the limits of its national jurisdiction; and

4 This Convention does not exclude any criminal jurisdiction exercised by a Party in accordance with national law.

The Court shall exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression once a provision is adopted in accordance with articles 121 and 123 defining the crime and setting out the conditions under which the Court shall exercise jurisdiction with respect to this crime.

The Court has jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute.

If such State Party subsequently rescinds that jurisdiction, it shall notify the Secretary-General.

2) Each Party may also establish its jurisdiction over the offences set forth in this Convention:

(a) this Protocol does not preclude the incurring of individual criminal responsibility or the exercise of jurisdiction under national and international law that may be applicable, or affect the exercise of jurisdiction under customary international law;

Emphasizing that the International Criminal Court established under this Statute shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions,

a the rules concerned establish a discrimination between advertisements transmitted by entities or by technical means within the jurisdiction of that Party and advertisements transmitted by entities or by technical means within the jurisdiction of another Party; or

Unless otherwise provided, this Agreement applies to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks beyond areas under national jurisdiction, except that Articles 6 and 7 apply also to the conservation and management of such stocks within areas under national jurisdiction, subject to the different legal regimes that apply within areas under national jurisdiction and in areas beyond national jurisdiction as provided for in the Convention.

Each Contracting Party undertakes to facilitate and foster transfrontier co-operation between territorial communities or authorities within its jurisdiction and territorial communities or authorities within the jurisdiction of other Contracting Parties.

Each Party shall apply this Protocol without prejudice to the sovereignty or the jurisdiction of other Parties or other States.

(iv) to ensure that vessels flying its flag do not conduct unauthorised fishing within areas under the national jurisdiction of other States;

(b) In the case of any other offence the authorities of the receiving State shall have the primary right to exercise jurisdiction.

1) Each Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish its jurisdiction over the offences set forth in this Convention:

This Convention does not exclude the exercise of any criminal jurisdiction established by a State Party in accordance with its domestic law.

(b) platforms and drilling rigs engaged in voyages to waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of other Parties to the Protocol of 1997.

(f) the interests of developing States from the subregion or region in whose areas of national jurisdiction the stocks also occur.

(c) For the purposes of subparagraph (b) above, predicate offences shall include offences committed both within and outside the jurisdiction of the State Party in question.

(b) The authority of the flag State to exercise jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters involving the vessel.

However, the sending State will give serious consideration to waiving the immunity of the member of the family concerned from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State.

Recalling that it is the duty of every State to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes,

A flag State wishing to exercise its preferential jurisdiction shall do so in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(g) ` Party of origin` means any Party or Parties under whose jurisdiction an industrial accident occurs or is capable of occurring;