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Member State
Italy
Themes
Type of document
Jurisprudence
Permanent link to the contribution
http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Italy/1973/121
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 07/11/1973

Comitato intergovernativo per le migrazioni europee (governmental body) vs. Chiti (individual)

Author(ity)

Supreme Court of Cassation

Date of the decision, of the judgment

07/11/1973

Points of law

The decision admits the immunity from civil jurisdiction only for foreign States when they act as sovereign bodies and not when they act as private subjects.

Summary of the case

Immunity of foreign countries from civil jurisdiction does not cover private acts, i.e. acts expressing the sovereign power of an international law subject.

Sources

Italian Yearbook of International Law, 1976, 348

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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