Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-24891101-20140902002748

Mostly. I too see the Hunters as having an international, paramilitary mandate and authority, but each nation would also have its own internal regulatory body. Hunters get their legal authority from the international organization, and each nation has a government department responsible for liasing with the Hunters, and ensuring they're not breaking the law, and making sure their permits are in order, as well as defining the legal responsibilities of Hunters within the nation, and command them locally. The Hunters are part of the international organization, but are seconded to the local authority, who are their immediate bosses, though Hunters are forbidden from getting involved in politics in their capacity as a Hunter.This does not mean that the local authority does not unduly influence the Hunters, though. Vale's Hunter Department is civilian, Atlas' is a military command, which colors how Hunters act there. That's why some of Atlas' Hunter academies are military-run, to comply with Atlesian laws. Fundamentally, I see the Hunter Authority as similar to the UN, in that it notionally has its own authority, deriving from its mandate, independant of the nations, but in practice is very much beholden to them, and exists at their sufferance. Especially on Remnant: if any one nation pulled out of the Hunter agreements and nationalized their Hunters, the international organization would fall apart.

To your most salient point: There may just be laws pursuant to the International Hunter Authority treaties that require transfers to be accepted. Plus, there is also the possibility that nations have and enforce laws that are illegal under international law, but that the international community cannot properly pressure them into complying with.