Who has legal jurisdiction aboard ISS?

Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote:

[legal jurisdiction aboard ISS]

Dear anonymous,

This is a good place to start:
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20040203.html
And other informative webpages can no doubt be found by using
what we call a "search engine" - there's one at www.google.com.


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Nothing to be done.

"Mary Pegg"
[legal jurisdiction aboard ISS]

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20040203.html

Sounds a little like they use a sort of diplomatic code, which would be a
good way to go since diplomatic law is voluminous and well-tested by
prior ajudications. Either that or the modules are simply national
territory. The astronauts/cosmonauts are not covered by diplomatic
immunity AFAIK. If they are active-duty military personnel then another
set of laws might apply.

An interesting case might be when a US citizen commits a crime in the
Russian module and retreats to US module. He would be protected by
extradition law, in which case when he got on a Soyuz for the return trip
he would be subject to arrest. A Shuttle return would be better.
Perhaps the solo US astronaut could get in the Soyuz and land in ...
France?

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 00:29:22 -0600, "Revision" k@tdot-com wrote:

Perhaps the solo US astronaut could get in the Soyuz and land in ...
France?

At which point s/he would have added theft of a spacecraft and
the endangerment of the crew left behind without a lifeboat to
the list of offenses. Not to mention being stuck in France...

Dale

On the sea, the captain is judge.

And in the air, the same in airplanes.

Regards

Carsten Nielsen
Denmark