#Immunity

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

African Leaders Vote to Give Themselves Immunity from Violent Crimes

African Union (orthographic projection)" by Heraldry (Source: Wikimedia - Creative Commons License) In June, the African Union granted...

Foreign Official Immunity After Samantar

In Samantar v. Yousuf, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not govern the...

Head of State Immunity as Sole Executive Lawmaking

At the request of the Executive Branch, courts routinely dismiss private suits against sitting heads of foreign states. Congress has ...

Abusing the Authority of the State: Denying Foreign Official Immunity for Egregious Human Rights Abu

Government officials accused of human rights abuses often claim that they are protected by state immunity because only the state can be...

Italian Judges’ Point of View on Foreign States’ Immunity

The Article gives an account of the most recent Italian practice as regarding foreign states’ immunity from the jurisdiction of the forum...