The effect of the Russian criminal law regarding military crimes in space

Occupation: Head of the Department of Criminal Law
Affiliation: The Crimean branch of the Russian state University of justice
Address: Russian Federation,

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 7

Pages

80-89

Abstract

The article analyzes the specifics of the application of special legal norms provided for in Articles 11 and 12 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: on the operation of the criminal law against persons who committed a crime on a military ship or military aircraft of the Russian Federation; on the operation of the criminal law against military personnel of military units of the Russian Federation stationed outside the Russian Federation. It is stated that full criminal jurisdiction extends to: warships or military aircraft of the Russian Federation, regardless of their location; troops in combat conditions, as well as on the territory of military units stationed in peacetime, if there is no bilateral international agreement or if this is directly determined by the relevant international treaty; military personnel during service as part of a special military contingent of international organizations (UN, CSTO, etc.). Limited criminal jurisdiction it is established by a bilateral international agreement. The issues of extradition of military personnel and jurisdiction of criminal responsibility of prisoners of war are considered. Based on the above, the relevant conclusions and proposals for improving the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are formulated.

Keywords

action of criminal law in space, military personnel, military crimes, criminal jurisdiction, full jurisdiction, limited jurisdiction, International Law

Received

14.03.2022

Publication date

25.07.2022

Number of characters

36565

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GOST	Bodaevsky V. The effect of the Russian criminal law regarding military crimes in space // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 7 C. 80-89 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520020997-7-1 (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020997-7
MLA	Bodaevsky, Viktor "The effect of the Russian criminal law regarding military crimes in space." Gosudarstvo i pravo 7 (2022):80-89. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020997-7
APA	Bodaevsky V. (2022). The effect of the Russian criminal law regarding military crimes in space. Gosudarstvo i pravo (7), pp.80-89 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020997-7

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