Universal jurisdiction

Timor-Leste

Código do Processo Penal de Timor-Leste

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

PART I
ON THE GENERAL PART

TITLE I
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 5
Territorial application of the law

2. The criminal procedure law also applies in a foreign territory, under the terms defined in international law treaties, conventions, and rules.

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE I
APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW

SINGLE CHAPTER
GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 8. Crimes committed outside national territory
Except as otherwise provided in treaties and conventions, Timorese criminal law is applicable to acts committed outside of the national territory of Timor-Leste in the following cases :

a) They constitute crimes provided for in articles 196 to 206, 229 to 242 and 307 to 313 ;

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE I
APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW

SINGLE CHAPTER
GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 8. Crimes committed outside national territory

Except as otherwise provided in treaties and conventions, Timorese criminal law is applicable to acts committed outside of the national territory of Timor-Leste in the following cases :

Rome Statute

Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction

1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.

2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:

(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft;

(b) The State of which the person accused of the crime is a national.

3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.