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Member State
Italy
Themes
Type of document
Jurisprudence
Permanent link to the contribution
https://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Italy/1991/175
Translations
THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE QUOTED AS FOLLOWS:
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 09/07/1991

Ghana (State) v. Barbini (individual)

Author(ity)

Supreme Court of Cassation

Date of the decision, of the judgment

09/07/1991

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

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Sources

Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, 1993, 87

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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