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FILT-CGIL Trento and Others v. United States of America

Italy.  03 August 2000 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdiction — United States forces stationed in Italy under NATO Treaty, 1949 — Low-flying military training flights — Whether constituting sovereign activity — Proceedings brought before national courts to restrict such flights on safety and human rights grounds following accidents involving loss of life — Whether United States entitled to jurisdictional immunity — Potential conflict between human rights protection and rule of jurisdictional immunity excluding recourse to courts — Immunity for acts performed jure imperii

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Customary international law — Jurisdictional immunity of foreign States for acts performed jure imperii — Whether constituting rule of customary international law automatically incorporated into municipal law — Italian Constitution, Article 10 — Whether such rule taking precedence over right to effective remedy before national courts — The law of Italy

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2007

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