PCERJ Delegado De Polícia Practice Questions - Concurso PCERJ - Delegado De Polícia (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) Exam

Brazilian criminal law adopts the Theory of Result (Teoria do Resultado) to determine the place of crime for ordinary offenses committed across territorial borders. A crime committed abroad against the life or liberty of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil is subject to unconditional extraterritoriality (extraterritorialidade incondicionada). Foreign convictions for crimes committed abroad under conditional extraterritoriality prevent any Brazilian criminal prosecution under the principle of ne bis in idem. Crimes committed aboard private foreign vessels navigating in Brazilian territorial waters remain exclusively subject to the flag state's criminal jurisdiction.