#head-of-state-immunity

#head-of-state-immunity

There's a very clear limit on enforcement jurisdiction internationally, and that is that one state cannot enforce its law on the territory of another state unless that state gives its consent, said Margaret Satterthwaite, United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. So if a state, for example, harboured someone that the US considered a fugitive, the US could approach that state and seek its consent to arrest them and bring them back to the US to stand trial.