Jus de non evocando

Ce principe, souvent invoqué en droit international, fait référence au droit d'être jugé par les juridictions de son pays.

Le principe de jus de non evocando est généralement invoqué par les accusés qui contestent la compétence du tribunal.

Cette décision du Tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie contient un passage intéressant sur l'interprétation de ce concept : http://www.icty.org/x/cases/tadic/acdec/en/51002.htm.

Cet éclairage sur le concept fait d'ailleurs référence à l'affaire Tadic : "The jus de non evocando principle reflects an ancient feudal right, deriving from a medieval principle that subjects of the crown had the right to enjoy the jurisdiction and protection of the crown to which they were loyal. As such, it is still present in several constitutions and an important concept of international law by which states sometimes refuse to extradite their citizens to another state. The principle has also been argued before the ad hoc Tribunals as they have asserted their primacy (see the references to Prosecutor v. Tadic in chapter 4)." (Jo Stigen, The Relationship between the International Criminal Court and National Jurisdictions, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008, p. 15).