The Hamburg-based
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Wednesday
confirmed Italy has filed a motion in relation to the case of
two Italian marines being held in India suspected of killing two
Indian
fishermen during an anti-piracy mission in 2012.
The motion was filed based on Article 290 of the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea, the court said in a communique
it sent to ANSA in New Delhi.
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 marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore
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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