This book brings into focus the legal status of armed forced on foreign territory within, inter alia, the context of multi-national exercises and a variety of so-called crisis management operations. When it comes to criminal offences committed by military personnel while abroad it is important to know whether such offences fall under the criminal jurisdiction of the Sending State or that of the…
The legal status of armed forces stationed abroad is an important issue to all States and international organisations involved. Today the status of forces is often set out in Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs) defining the rights and obligations of the deployed forces. Key in these agreements is immunity of military personnel from criminal jurisdiction of host State courts, as follows from…