Mutual Protection of Common Values and Interests Among Socialist Countries: The End of An Era of Extraterritorial Protection?

In the doctrine of both socialist and non-socialist states, it is commonly assumed that high degrees of political, economic and social homogeneity among the former countries are maintained by the incorporation of provisions into their penal code which grant equal protection to the most important values and interests shared by all states, as well as to the political and economic order and public institutions of other member states of that community.