Tag: state immunity

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10 February 2015

The erosion of state and diplomatic immunity by European law? Two recent English Court of Appeal cases

In the case of (1) Benkharbouche and (2) Janah v (1) Embassy of the Republic of Sudan and (2) Libya, the English Court of Appeal (the Court) considered …
28 January 2015

English High Court provides guidance on waiver of sovereign immunity

In a recent decision in the case High Commissioner for Pakistan In the United Kingdom ("Pakistan") v National Westminster Bank (the "Bank"), the English …
11 November 2014

Constitutional rights vs. state immunity: implementation of an ICJ decision on sovereign immunity declared unconstitutional

A recent decision by the Italian Constitutional Court calls into question the applicability of generally accepted principles of sovereign immunity to …