what if you kill someone in international waters?

Answer 1

In general jurisdiction will be held by country that the ship is registered in. As most major commercial ships are registered under flags of convenience this could mean ending up in prison in a country like Liberia or some Carribean country like Antigua or the Bahamas.

If the country holding flag state jurisdiction doesn't or cannot act the country of the victim can take jurisdiction.

As all this can lead to a lot of confusion and bureaucracy many passenger ships simplify things by making it a condition of the ticket that used of said ticket means the passenger accepts the jurisdiction of a particular country.

If your murder is deemed to be part of an act of piracy or slave trading any country can claim jurisdiction and try you. You never know you might get unlucky and end up on trial in China or some other country with itchy trigger fingered firing squads .

Answer 2

Interesting question. Did you kill somebody in international waters?

Answer 3

Admiralty law is one of the oldest areas of law.

The International Maritime Organization and treaties signed by almost every nation grant authority to hear the case in the next port of call, or the port of registry.

Answer 4

This is where all of my homicides are carried out, far away from the long arm of the law, just me and the victim, and hundreds of sea gulls, then he or she becomes fish food

Answer 5

If it's just you and the person you kill, then no one should find out.

Answer 6

Some one will get you if they can.If you want to do it right you have to kill yourself to throw them off the track.

Answer 7

Then whats the problem no one will be there to know about it

Answer 8

That's the best place to do it.

Answer 9

look at the case on palmira.....that case was tried and won,.......