单词 | Hostage taking |
释义 | 劫持人質 Seizing or threatening a person in order to put pressure on a third person to act in a particular manner: International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 1979 art 1, implemented in Hong Kong by Internationally Protected Persons and Taking of Hostages Ordinance (Cap 468) s 4. Conflict of laws - Any state may detain and prosecute an alleged offender on its territory, regardless of the locality of the hostage taking, on the basis that it is a delicta juris gentium (a crime against all humanity) and thus a crime of universal jurisdiction: United States v Yunis (1988) 681 F Supp 896. For the nature of universal jurisdiction regarding crimes against humanity: R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate & Ors, ex p Pinochet Ugarte (Amnesty International & Ors intervening) (No 3) [1999] 2 All ER 97, 2 WLR 827 [2000] 1 AC 147 (HL). The Chief Executive in Council may surrender to certain places outside Hong Kong of persons wanted for prosecution, or for the imposition or enforcement of a sentence, in respect of certain offences, including hostage taking, against the laws of those places: Fugitive Offenders Ordinance (Cap 503). See also Hijacking; Terrorism; Universal jurisdiction. Criminal law - The seizure or detention of any other person (the hostage) in order to compel a state, an international governmental organisation or any person to do or to abstain from doing any act, threatens to kill, injure or continue to detain the hostage, commits an offence: Internationally Protected Persons and Taking of Hostages Ordinance (Cap 468) s 4. 為向第三者施壓以特定方式行事而劫持或威脅某人:《1979年反對劫持人質國際公約》,在香港藉《應受國際保護人員及劫持人質條例》(第468章)第4條負責施行。 法律衝突 - 基於劫持人質是針對全人類而屬於全球有審判權的罪行,因而任何國家在不論劫持人質發生地區的情況下,可在其領土內扣押及起訴任何被指稱犯罪者:United States v Yunis (1988) 681 F Supp 896。關於針對人類的罪行的全球審判權的性質:R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate & Ors, ex p Pinochet Ugarte (Amnesty International & Ors intervening) (No 3) [1999] 2 All ER 97, 2 WLR 827 [2000] 1 AC 147 (上議院)。行政長官會同行政會議可移交因涉及違反香港以外某些地方的法律的某些罪行(包括劫持人質)而被追緝的人到該等地方以作檢控、判刑或強制執行判刑:《逃犯條例》(第503章)。另見 Hijacking; Terrorism; Universal jurisdiction。 刑法 - 任何人扣押或拘禁任何其他人(即人質)及為強迫某個國家、國際政府間組織或任何人作出或不作出任何作為而威脅要殺死、傷害或繼續扣押人質,即屬犯罪:《應受國際保護人員及劫持人質條例》(第468章)第4條。 |
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