POLI 359 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Opinio Juris Sive Necessitatis, Nicaragua V. United States
18 Jun 2016
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A collision occurred on the high seas between a french vessel and a turkish vessel: victims were turkish nationals and the alleged offender was french. The boz-kourt sank and killed eight turkish nationals on board the turkish vessel: the 10 survivors of the boz-kourt (including its captain) were taken to turkey on board the. Lotus: in turkey, the officer on watch of the lotus (demons), and the captain of the turkish ship were charged with manslaughter. Demons, a french national, was sentenced to 80 days of imprisonment and a fine. The french government protested, demanding the release of demons or the transfer of his case to the french courts. Turkey and france agreed to refer this dispute on the jurisdiction to the. Court decided on the following questions: had turkey, contrary to the convention of lausanne. =, acted in conflict with the principles of international law, should the reply be in the affirmative:
