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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/1991/177
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 17/10/1991

Younis (individual) v. Jordania (State)

Author(ity)

Pretore (lower court judge) of Rome

Date of the decision, of the judgment

17/10/1991

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

An Italian judge has no jurisdiction on a working dispute filed by a driver employed by the Embassy of a foreign State. The long time of his/her working relation bears witness to his/her permanent integration in the Embassy, which is the requirement necessary to apply immunity, irrespective of the manual job performed by the worker.

Sources

Rivista giuridica del lavoro, 1992, II, 785

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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