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Fang and Others v. Jiang Zemin and Others

New Zealand.  21 December 2006 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Torture — Whether State immunity applicable in cases of alleged torture — Convention against Torture, 1984 — United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities, 2004 — Whether any torture or jus cogens exception to State immunity

Sources of international law — Domestic law — Principles of development and evolution of international legal norms — State immunity — Whether national courts free to develop new exception to State immunity — The law of New Zealand

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2011

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