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The immunities of States and international organisations
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- Member State
- Sweden
- Themes
- Type of document
- Official letter
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- http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Sweden/1981/487
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Sweden - Official letter of 13/11/1981
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Sweden - Official letter of 13/11/1981
Official letter from Hans Björk, Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, to Mr Jens Pedersen regarding the inquiries of the latter for a statement by the Ministry
Author(ity)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Nature of the document
Official Letter
Date of the document
13/11/1981
Points of law
In response to an inquiry, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs comments that its practice is to not make the kind of statement requested.Specific provision(s) of the document
In connection with an application for execution, the Stockholm Enforcement Service on 16 October 1981 requested Mr Jens Pedersen to leave information regarding claims that the Republic of Uganda was said to have on the account of a client of his. Mr Jens Pedersen refused to do so claiming that Uganda enjoyed immunity as a sovereign State against enforcement activities, why the application for execution should have been dismissed. On 4 November 1981, the Enforcement Service responded that it through a study of relevant literature had found that Uganda did not enjoy immunity against enforcement activities in consideration of the kind of dispute that was before the Enforcement Service (Stockholm Enforcement Service, Request for information of 4 November 1981).On 10 November 1981, Mr Jens Pedersen wrote to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs asking for its point of view in the case regarding the question of immunity (Mr Jens Pedersen, Inquiry to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of 10 November 1981).
On 13 November 1981, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs wrote to Mr Jens Pedersen explaining that the practice of the Ministry in cases like the present one was to not make the kind of statement that he asked for. Mr Jens Pedersen was recommended to turn to experts in public international law at the Swedish universities for advice.
The Stockholm Enforcement Service continued to handle the application for execution claiming that Uganda did not enjoy immunity (Stockholm Enforcement Service, Request for information under a penalty of a fine of 13 November 1981).