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Yousuf and Others v. Samantar

United States of America.  02 November 2012 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Head of State immunity — Foreign official immunity — Claims for immunity under common law — United States State Department Statement of Interest — Whether position of United States State Department determinative — Whether entitlement to foreign official immunity for jus cogens violations

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Customary international law — Common law of foreign sovereign immunity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Whether entitlement to foreign official immunity for jus cogens violations — Whether immunity under Torture Victim Protection Act 1991 — The law of the United States of America

Keywords

State immunityRelationship of international law and municipal law
Type
Case Report
Information
International Law Reports , Volume 171 , 2018 , pp. 717 - 735
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© Cambridge University Press 2018

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