Lotus case

The Lotus Case
The Lotus Case
Court	Permanent Court of International Justice
Full case name	The Case of the S.S. "Lotus" (France v. Turkey)
Decided	7 September 1927
Claim	Turkey has illegally arrested Mr. Demons, captain of the Lotus
Ruling
	There is no rule of international law reserving jurisdiction of crimes commited in high seas to the State flag; Turkey did not violate any law in arresting Mr. Demons
Court membership
President	Max Huber (President); André Weiss (Vice-president);
Associate judges	Bernard Loder; Robert Finlay; John Bassett Moore; Didrik Nyholm; Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven; Rafael Altamira y Crevea; Yorozu Oda; Dionisio Anzilotti; Epitácio da Silva Pessoa;

The Lotus case concerns a criminal trial which was the result of the 2 August 1926 collision between the S.S. Lotus, a French steamer, and the S.S. Bozkourt, a Turkish steamer, in a region just north of Mytilene (Greece). As a result of the accident, eight Turkish nationals aboard the Bozkourt drowned when the vessel was torn apart by the Lotus.

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