Activitatea de realizare a unei justiţii penale complete şi efi ciente desfăşurate in fi ecare stat ar putea, deseori, rămane infructuoasă, dacă efectele hotărarilor penale s-ar opri la graniţele statului unde au fost pronunţate ori actele judiciare care ar putea servi la rezolvarea unor cauze penale ar fi lipsite de valoare in afara teritoriului ţării in care au fost efectuate.

The realisation of a complete and effi cient penal justice implemented in every state could often remain ineff ective if the eff ects of the penal decisions would stop at the borders of the state where these have been taken or the judiciary acts that could serve at solving some penal clauses would have no value outside the territory of the country where they have been made.