'Universal jurisdiction' in document 'Kiribati - Geneva Conventions'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS AGAINST CONVENTIONS

Grave breaches of Geneva Conventions
3. (1) Any person, whatever his nationality and whether in or outside Kiribati, is guilty of an offence if -

PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS AGAINST CONVENTIONS

Offences committed outside Kiribati
4. In the case of an offence under section 3 committed outside Kiribati –

(a) a person may be proceeded against, tried and punished therefor in any place in Kiribati as if the offence had been committed in that place; and

(b) the offence shall, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or punishment thereof, be deemed to have been committed in that place.