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5 days ago · What is new, according to the Reuters report, is the claim of such immunity before an international court. The legal truth is this: International law has never recognized immunity for heads of state before international courts. Although often confused, there is a significant difference between the two legal scenarios.
5 days ago · Foreign states may be sued in the United States only to the extent permitted by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). Over the years, Congress has amended the statute to create several exceptions to immunity for terrorism-related lawsuits, especially for those brought against states designated as “state sponsors of terrorism.”
4 days ago · The property in question, the Chancery Annex, was a building owned by Argentina in Washington, D.C. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) stipulates that the property of a foreign sovereign cannot be attached unless the sovereign waives immunity and the property is used for commercial activity in the United States.
5 days ago · The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the District Court’s ruling in January 2021, finding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not protect security personnel who commit violence.
4 days ago · A. Sovereign Immunity. 1. Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) 2. Text and History of the FTCA 3. Discretionary Function Immunity. B. Civil Rights. 1. “Constitutional Tort” 2. Core Framework 3. Official Immunities 4. Climate Change. C. Qui Tam D. Human Rights. 1. Alien Tort Statute 2. Anti-Terrorism ...
4 days ago · In early February, the ENPH asked the Supreme Court of the United States, the country's highest court, to review the decision of the Fifth Circuit Appeal Court to disallow any payment from the $42m proceeds of the yacht's sale on the grounds of Nigeria's sovereign immunity under the US's Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
4 days ago · 3 (1) Except as provided by this Act, a foreign state is immune from the jurisdiction of any court in Canada. (2) In any proceedings before a court, the court shall give effect to the immunity conferred on a foreign state by subsection (1) notwithstanding that the state has failed to take any step in the proceedings.
