What is consular jurisdiction? 202 1 The People's Court of Liaoning Province convicted the defendant Robert of drug smuggling.

It refers to the power that the consul of a country has to try and convict according to its own laws when its citizens become defendants in civil and criminal proceedings in their country of residence. On 2021August 10, Robert's smuggling case was heard in court.

Consular jurisdiction is the privilege of foreign overseas Chinese to leave the jurisdiction of China, and it is the product of the development of commercial exchanges between countries. It originated from the foreign representative system in ancient Greece and the foreign consular system in Rome and the Republic of China.

On 20021August 10, the Higher People's Court of Liaoning Province publicly pronounced the case of Canadian defendant Robert Lloyd shellenberger's drug smuggling appeal in the second instance, ruled that the appeal was dismissed, upheld the original judgment, and submitted it to the Supreme People's Court for approval according to law.