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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/1989/158
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THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE QUOTED AS FOLLOWS:
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 31/03/1989

Cecchi Paone (individual) v. Czechoslovakia (State)

Author(ity)

Pretore (lower court judge) of Rome

Date of the decision, of the judgment

31/03/1989

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

The provisions in articles 22, paragraphs 1 and 3, and 31, paragraph 1.a, of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, of April 18, 1961, provide not only for immunity of the premises of a foreign Embassy from any measures of civil judges, but also for the exemption from jurisdiction, in case a concrete measures are taken on immovable property.

Sources

Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, 1990, 153

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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