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Environmental Governance

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A nation's supreme authority (sovereignty) and practical authority to administer justice over territories, things, and persons withing its boundaries. (Source: InforMEA/MMA)
Jurisdiction is an aspect of sovereignty: it refers to a state's competence under international law to regulate the conduct of natural and juridical persons. The notion of regulation includes the activity of all branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. This chapter discusses prescriptive jurisdiction over crimes, civil prescriptive jurisdiction, the separateness of the grounds of jurisdiction, and enforcement jurisdiction. (Source: J. Crawford, Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law, OUP, 2013)

Hierarchy

Related terms:
jurisdictional competence

In other languages

French
juridiction nationale
Russian
национальная юрисдикция
Spanish
jurisdicción nacional
Chinese, Simplified
国家管辖权
Arabic
الولاية القضائية الوطنية

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with national jurisdiction

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with national jurisdiction. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Basel Convention