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The immunities of States and international organisations

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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/1985/131
Translations
THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE QUOTED AS FOLLOWS:
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 17/05/1985

United States of America (State) v. Smorra (individual)

Author(ity)

Supreme Court of Cassation

Date of the decision, of the judgment

17/05/1985

Points of law

The decision is concerned with legitimacy of collective dismissals of the local personnel of NATO Headquarters.

Summary of the case

The Court stated that, in the framework of relations between NATO foreign military bodies operating in Italy and their locally employed workers, collective dismissals are inadmissible, which are not governed by the individual dismissal regime, irrespective of the entrepreneurial nature of the activity carried out by workers.

Sources

Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, 1986, 922

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)