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The immunities of States and international organisations

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Member State

Netherlands

Themes

Type of document

Law

Permanent link to the contribution

http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Netherlands/2005/509

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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Netherlands - Law of 01/11/2005

Introduction

Author(ity)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Number of the law

N/A

Date of the law

01/11/2005

Points of law

The Netherlands legislation with regard to State Immunity is limited. Article 13a of the Act on General Provisions of Kingdom Legislation (Wet Algemene Bepalingen, commonly known as Wet AB), (NL/1), only states that the jurisdiction of the courts and the execution of judicial decisions and deeds are subject to exceptions recognised in international law. Also there is the possibility for the State under the Bailiffs Regulation (Deurwaardersreglement), (NL/2), to prevent an attachment, which it considers to be contrary to is obligations under international law. These obligations are laid down in international customary law and in the European Convention on State Immunity, to which the Netherlands is a party. The Netherlands law od State immunity is, however, to a large extent formed by the case law of the Courts.