Re BPZS and Others

• Jurisdiction: Papua New Guinea
• Court: Obsolete Court (Papua New Guinea)
• Date: 09 March 1955

Netherlands New Guinea, Court of Justice.

In re B.P.Z.S. and Others.

Individual in International Law — Position of — Violation of International Law — Violation of Territorial Sovereignty of Another State — Plea of Superior Orders.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Criminal Jurisdiction over Foreigners — Members of Foreign Armed Forces Attacking Territory of State in Time of Peace — Plea of Superior Orders.

The Facts.—In May 1953 a party of armed soldiers who belonged to the armed forces of the Republic of Indonesia proceeded in a prahu (a small sailing vessel) from an island in the Indonesian Goram group of islands to the coast of Netherlands New Guinea. They landed...