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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/1992/178
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 18/05/1992

Zambia (State) v. Sendanayake (individual)

Author(ity)

Supreme Court of Cassation

Date of the decision, of the judgment

18/05/1992

Points of law

Working activities performed in a foreign embassy and concerning subordinate and subsidiary duties are submitted to Italian jurisdiction.

Summary of the case

An Italian judge has jurisdiction on a dispute filed by a worker against the Embassy of a foreign State in Italy, in case the dispute deals with auxiliary and secondary functions. The fact the worker is a foreign citizen is insignificant, in that the right to take legal action is given to everybody and not only to Italian citizens, based on the wide scope of article 24 of the Italian Constitution.

Sources

Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, 1993, 399

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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