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The immunities of States and international organisations
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- Finland
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- Jurisprudence
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Finland - Jurisprudence of 31/03/1999
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Finland - Jurisprudence of 31/03/1999
Inkeri Kivi-Koskinen (individual) v. Kingdom of Belgium (State)
Author(ity)
District Court of Helsinki
Date of the decision, of the judgment
31/03/1999
Points of law
The Court entered a default judgment against Belgium in a labour dispute between the Embassy of Belgium and its former local employee.Summary of the case
The case concerned the termination/cancellation of an employment contract between the Embassy of Belgium and its locally recruited secretary. Belgium did not react to the claim. The Court did not expressly address the matter of State immunity, but stated that the claim was not manifestly unfounded. Therefore, the Court entered a default judgment against the Kingdom of Belgium.Belgium moved the Court to enter an order vacating the default judgment. It claimed immunity and, therefore, held that the Court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction in the case. The parties, however, settled the dispute and this friendly settlement was confirmed by the Court. With this confirmation, the earlier default judgment was vacated by the Court.
