Practice question
State A validly criminalizes a covered offense committed abroad by its nationals. Its citizen is in State B, which refuses consent to A's police operation. A argues that citizenship gives it a right to seize its citizen anywhere. What is the proper distinction?
- Nationality automatically transfers sovereignty over every place the citizen visits.
- A's nationality basis does not itself authorize police enforcement in B without a lawful basis.
- A's law necessarily ceases to apply when a citizen travels.
- Only the victim's nationality ever matters.
- A may ignore B if it uses its own handcuffs.
Legal references
- UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Articles 4 and 15: https://mandates.un.org/mandate/A/RES/55/25
- Revised Penal Code, Article 2: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
- UNODC, Guide for the Legislative Incorporation and Implementation of Universal Anti-Terrorism Instruments, paragraph 359: https://www.unodc.org/documents/terrorism/Publications/Guide_Legislative_Incorporation_Implementation/English.pdf
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