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Immunity and Human Rights? A Bifurcated Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Rosanne van Alebeek*
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, Department of International Law

Abstract

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Type
International Human Rights Law, Foreign Sovereign Immunity, and National Courts
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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2 Germany v. Prefecture of Voiotia, Areios Pagos [AP] [Supreme Court], 11/2000 (Greece).

3 Ferrini v. Germany, Case No. 5044/4, IDLC 19 (IT 2004), Appeal Decision, para. 58 (Mar. 11, 2004). See also Germany v. Mantelli and Others, Cass., May 29, 2008, n.14201, ILDC 1037. But see U.S. v. Tissino and Others, Cass., Feb. 25, 2009, n. 4461, ILDC 1262, for a possible change in approach.

4 Supra note 3.

5 Ferrini, supra note 3, at para. 9.1.

6 Siderman de Blake v. Republic of Argentina, 965 F.2d 699, 718 (9th Cir. 1992).

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14 Lozano v. Italy, Cass., sez. I penale, 19 June 2008, n. 31171, ILDC 1085; Italy v. Milde, Cass., sez. I penale, 21 oct. 2008, n. 1072, ILDC 1224.

15 Yousuf, 552 F.3d at 371.

16 Verlinden Bv v. Central Bank of Nigeria, 461 U.S. 480, 486 (1983); Rep. of Austria v. Altmann, 541 U.S. 677, 696 (2004).

17 Murray v. Charming Betsy, 6 U.S. 64, 118 (1804).

18 International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg Judgment (1946), reprinted in 41 AJIL 172, 221 (1947).

19 CrimA 40/61 Attorney General of Israel v. Eichmann [1962] 36 ILR 277.

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21 Jones v. Saudi Arabia, [2006] 1 AC 270 (H.L.) (appeal taken from EWCA Civ 1394).