----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:42
PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re:
extraterritoriality
OK, thanks. So what _is_ extraterritoriality exactly,
and where can
it be found (the various Vatican buildings in and around
Rome,
probably - but are there other examples?)
Peter
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com,
"Joachim Duester"
<jduester@p...>
wrote:
>
>
> I beg to differ from Wolfgang's defininition
of
eytraterritoriality.
>
> A distinction has to be made
between sovereignty over territory
(which
> is a matter of
international public law or "law of nations") and
> ownership (which is
a matter of private law). A piece of land owned
by
> one country as
a private owner in another country does not
> automatically enjoy
extraterritorial privileges. For a piece of
> territory to enjoy
extraterritoral privileges, it is not necessary
to
> be under the
private ownership of another subject of international
law.
>
> The embassy of one state in another state is NOT
extraterritorial
> territory, and it does not matter in this respect at
all whether the
> embassy plot/building has been purchased or only
rented in the host
> country. The special privileges and immunities
enjoyed by embassy
> premises are not the result of extraterritoriality
but are
privileges
> granted under the Vienna Convention or other
treaties to that
effect.
> These privileges apply regardless whether
the embassy grounds are
> owned by the sending state or are only rented
from a local owner or
> the host government.
>
>
Joachim
>
>
>
> --- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Wolfgang Schaub"
>
<Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
> > Hello, I am new to the group.
En/exclaves are territories owned by
> another
> > country in
the sense that they form part of the parent state
territory.
> >
Otherwise properties owned by a country on the territory of
another
are
> > extra-territorial entities. Examples: All foreign
embassies,
> Castelgandolfo
> > castle of the Vatican inside
Italy, the monument for Latour
> d'Auvergne owned
> > by France
inside Germany, and many others.
> >