Territorial jurisdiction - national proceedings

Belize

Belize - Criminal Code 2000 EN

CRIMINAL CODE

PART I - General Provisions

TITLE II - Interpretation and General Explanations

The Standard Tests and the Keywords

11.- (6) If a person beyond the jurisdiction of the courts causes any
involuntary agent to cause an event within the jurisdiction, he shall be deemed to have caused the event within the jurisdiction.

Rome Statute

Article 12 Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction

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;