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The immunities of States and international organisations
This database contains the original national contributions bringing together information on The immunities of States and international organisations
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- Italy
- Themes
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- Jurisprudence
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 04/06/1986
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 04/06/1986
Paradiso (individual) v. Istituto di Bari del Centro internazionale di alti studi agronomici mediterranei (body corporate)
Author(ity)
Supreme Court of Cassation
Date of the decision, of the judgment
04/06/1986
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
On the basis of an international customary rule sanctioned by scholars, jurisprudence and practice, and enshrined in the Italian Constitution under Article 10, paragraph 1, foreign States are immune from jurisdiction and execution in the performance of the functions by which they pursue their institutional public goals. The European Convention on Immunity of States, signed in Basel on May, 16, 1972, does not bear witness to a limitation of the scope of this customary rule, in particular with reference to the exclusion of working disputes in the application of immunity from jurisdiction. To date, said Convention was in fact accessed by a limited number of Countries, and Italy is not one of them.Sources
Rivista di diritto internazionale, 1987, 190Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)
Article 10 of the Italian ConstitutionEuropean Convention on State Immunity (ETS No. 74)