The Enrica Lexie case was an international controversy about a shooting off the western coast of India. On 15 February 2012, two Indian fishermen were killed off the coast of Kerala, India, aboard St. Antony. India alleged that two Italian marines aboard the Italian-flagged commercial oil tanker MB Enrica Lexie killed the fishermen. Shortly after the incident, the Indian Navy intercepted Enrica Lexie and detained the two Italian marines. That sparked a conflict over legal jurisdiction and functional immunity between the governments of India and Italy. After they were detained in India with no formal charges for two and four years, respectively, the two marines were released and returned to Italy. Meanwhile, an independent United Nations court was charged to resolve the jurisdictional conflict. That was following a European Parliament resolution of January 2015, stating that "no charge has been brought by the Indian authorities" and that "Italian marines' detention without charge is a serious breach of their human rights". The incident drew attention to the practice of commercial shipping using armed guards. On 2 July 2020, the Permanent Court of Arbitration recognized the functional immunity of the two Italian marines, noting that they were engaged in a mission on behalf of the Italian Government, and thus ruled that the process should continue in Italy. However, Italy was required to make an agreement with India to compensate for the deaths and for the physical and moral damages suffered by the crew members and the vessel. (en)
Il caso dell'Enrica Lexie, conosciuto anche come caso dei due marò, è una controversia internazionale tra Italia e India sorta in merito all'arresto da parte della polizia indiana di due fucilieri di marina italiani (marò), Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, imbarcati sulla petroliera italiana Enrica Lexie come nuclei militari di protezione. I militari italiani sono stati accusati di aver ucciso il 15 febbraio 2012 al largo della costa del Kerala (Stato dell'India sud-occidentale) Valentine Jelastine e Ajeesh Pink, due pescatori imbarcati su un peschereccio indiano.Il 31 gennaio 2022 i due marò Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone sono stati assolti dal GIP di Roma poiché la loro condotta è stata ritenuta consona a "una situazione tale da far pensare a un attacco di pirati". (it)
Инцидент с танкером Enrica Lexie — итальянско-индийский вооружённый инцидент в Аравийском море у побережья Индии 15 февраля 2012 года. (ru)
Инцидент с танкером Enrica Lexie — итальянско-индийский вооружённый инцидент в Аравийском море у побережья Индии 15 февраля 2012 года. (ru)
The Enrica Lexie case was an international controversy about a shooting off the western coast of India. On 15 February 2012, two Indian fishermen were killed off the coast of Kerala, India, aboard St. Antony. India alleged that two Italian marines aboard the Italian-flagged commercial oil tanker MB Enrica Lexie killed the fishermen. Shortly after the incident, the Indian Navy intercepted Enrica Lexie and detained the two Italian marines. That sparked a conflict over legal jurisdiction and functional immunity between the governments of India and Italy. (en)
Il caso dell'Enrica Lexie, conosciuto anche come caso dei due marò, è una controversia internazionale tra Italia e India sorta in merito all'arresto da parte della polizia indiana di due fucilieri di marina italiani (marò), Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, imbarcati sulla petroliera italiana Enrica Lexie come nuclei militari di protezione. (it)