Italy is confiding in the
Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in
the case of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian
fishermen off the southern coast of India during an anti-piracy
mission in 2012.
During the arbitration, he said, Italy had asked for marine
fusilier Salvatore Girone to return to Italy and for the other
marine, Massimiliano Latorre, to stay in Italy.
He said the tribunal would reach its decision in "a few
weeks".
The Hamburg-based International Tribunal on Wednesday
confirmed Italy had filed its motion based on Article 290 of the
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
That article said any precautionary measures undertaken by
one party against another in a maritime dispute can be lifted
once the case has gone to court.
Italy requested that India refrain from taking judicial
action against Latorre and Girone, that it refrain from
exercising jurisdiction with regards to their case, and that it
"immediately lift all restrictions on the marines' freedom of
movement".
Prosecutors at the Indian Supreme Court earlier this month
agreed to a motion presented by Italy to take the marines' case
to international arbitration.
Italy presented its request for international
arbitration under the terms of the UN Convention of the Law of
the Sea agreement in a bid to end a 40-month diplomatic and
legal deadlock between the two countries.
Latorre is currently in Italy on medical leave while
Girone is living at the Italian Embassy in New Delhi.
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