Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence

Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence

The Jurisdiction of Governments to Deal with Crimes Committed in Air and Space Travel

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Payame Noor University Tehran. Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
2 M.A. Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, South Tehran Branch, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jccj.2023.419771.1405
Abstract
The jurisdiction of governments to deal with crimes within the scope of air travel within the territory of countries is the principle of territorial jurisdiction, and there are documents about foreign air travel to deal with crimes committed by tourists that have been approved with the aim of maintaining aviation security. These documents include Tokyo Convention, Hague Convention and Montreal Convention. According to existing international documents, a series of legal principles must be observed in space travel. These documents include the “Outer Space Treaties of 1967 and the Liability Convention of 1972” which are the most fundamental treaties governing space activities, which initiated the process of regularizing international space regulations. are considered The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 considers outer space to be extra-jurisdictional and only the jurisdiction of the registering state is applicable over crimes committed inside the launched object, even if the space tourist is not a national of that state that complies with the registration convention.
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Volume 1, Issue 5
Winter 2022
Pages 89-101

  • Receive Date 06 October 2021
  • Revise Date 08 November 2021
  • Accept Date 24 December 2021
  • Publish Date 20 February 2022