Olwenyi has been everything. A farmer, diamond seller, travel advisor, importer and ‘Manager UCC’. In short, he is a mufere. Last year, he conned some people of their mobile money in Uganda then fled to South Sudan to hide. While there, he ‘kufeerad’ (conned) someone ‘big’ in government of about 1 billion shillings and a very expensive necklace and he was arrested while crossing the border to Uganda. Someone whispered to him that the ‘big shot’ in government ‘will die on him’ so now Olwenyi wants to know if he can be taken back to Uganda because he does not want to be in prison in another country where he might not survive.
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
According to the law, crimes are tried where they are committed. This is called territorial jurisdiction (This is the power of courts in a certain area to hear and deal with cases within that area). That means that if someone commits a crime in Uganda, the courts in Uganda have the right to try the matter. If a crime is committed by a Ugandan in another country, the courts of that country also have the right to deal with that crime according to their laws.
So if you commit crimes in another country, you do not get to choose where if the courts in that country or in Uganda should deal with your case.
However, if your crime is one that is so big that any country can try it such as crimes against humanity or war crimes where the suspects are tried at the International Criminal Court then you may be even taken to the courts in Netherlands even if they were committed on another country.
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Source: BarefootLawyers
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