The territorial application of international criminal law

The paper provides a comparative analysis of international norms characterizing the territorial application of international criminal law with the norms of Russian criminal legislation. The issues of the territorial application of international criminal law are considered from the point of view of its territorial and extraterritorial jurisdiction, the basic principles for this institution are revealed. It is emphasized that territorial jurisdiction extends to all people who are on the territory of the state, regardless of their citizenship. The basis of territorial jurisdiction is the territorial principle of the operation of legal norms in space, which is considered basic and is enshrined in a number of international treaties. The paper also draws attention to the peculiarities of the operation of the territorial principle on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone and the exceptions from the scope of territorial jurisdiction. The authors also analyze extraterritorial jurisdiction, which is expressed in the extension of the legal norms of the state to acts committed outside the borders of this state on the basis of the operation of three principles: personal (citizenship), real (security and protection), and universal.