http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Imbert-Bill-could-criminalise-children-142269765.html
It is good that someone is standing up to look at the bill critical and point out the absurdities in the legislation. Criminalizing sex between underage children is madness in a society where a majority of people have had sexual experiences by the age of 13 .
One line in particular i have issue with:
"He also criticised clause 85 of the bill which stated that the local Court would have jurisdiction over incidents that occurred in other countries. Imbert pointed out that laws of this type cannot have an extra-territorial nature"
Imbert is wrong on this point. I just came back from a conference in Jamaica where an american professor of international human rights kept harping to me that the Rape was a crime against humanity thanks to X person who got it included in the treaty establishing the international Criminal Court .
Crimes against humanity that go against basic norms of human rights and international law are triable by any court. Crimes against a state's national are also triable in the home state under the Protective principle of criminal jurisdiction..
I do believe Trinbagonian courts should be allowed to try foreigners who abuse our children in the interest of the best possible protection, such a thing would be a rare occurence in any event.
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