Africa s Immunity Controversy

Immunity from what?

God bless you! They gave you guys immunity from prosecution .

I didn't need immunity, I hadn't done anything, but they were really, really stringent that there was they did not want me meeting the prosecutor without immunity.

The article made it clear that a waiver of immunity from jurisdiction was not the same thing as a waiver of immunity from execution.

The impunity that is characteristic of these heinous crimes must stop.

And that'll give me diplomatic immunity or something.

This guaranteed legal immunity for the leaders who carried out the invasion of Iraq.

In other words, the immunity is jurisdictional immunity from national courts.

But Iran is playing for time and hoping to reach a zone of immunity.

However, even among States which uphold the principle of restrictive immunity, actual practices in respect of State immunity are not uniform, and domestic laws adopting the principle of restrictive immunity vary from one State to another.

However, the debate will not be on the substance of the claim but only on the validity of the assertion of immunity.

Third, the precise scope of article 10, paragraph 1, as it related to proceedings arising out of commercial activities, posed similar difficulties.

Governments may consider granting immunity from prosecution to encourage voluntary disarmament.

The level of immunity would remain the same, but the practical problems referred to would not arise.

As a consequence, various degrees of jurisdictional immunity are granted to the Organization and to those who act on its behalf.

In the Belgian Government apos s view, it would have been desirable to state as a general rule that immunity from execution comes after and is the corollary of immunity from jurisdiction even if, previously, the two issues might have been treated separately.

Amnesty laws in Argentina at the time shielded him from prosecution.

The earliest known reference to immunity was during the plague of Athens in 430 BC.

The first member of a cartel should receive complete immunity from prosecution and punishment.

It would look weird in real life. It would look weird in this context.

It originates from medicine and early studies on the causes of immunity to disease.

74. Thirdly, the granting of immunity and the practice of plea bargaining find no place in the rules.

Instead, they often seek immunity by running for public office.

There is a long standing presumption of sovereign immunity states can be sued only under limited circumstances.

In fact, one has to search the books of diplomatic history to find evidence of non performance of diplomatic conventions , and in each instance the challenge to diplomatic decorum came from a source that can be credibly dismissed as barbarian.

The immunity from prosecution covers crimes committed since 10 July 1962 and until the promulgation of the Law.

It is a serious but logical and reasonable limitation of the full immunity of heads of State. Such immunity cannot be a measure which would allow them to be over and outside criminal responsibility for crimes against the peace and security of mankind.

The implicit immunity from prosecution these groups received in exchange for their demobilization has done little to help.

The wise Mr. Kutesa has revolutionized international law with his introduction of the concept of so called provisional immunity.

The Jurisdictional Immunities Convention applies to the immunity of a State and its property from the jurisdiction of the courts of another State.

Deep concern is expressed that an atmosphere of impunity continues to prevail in Burundi.

The Protocol has a dispute resolution schedule that may be circumvented by the sovereign immunity exemption provided.

Impunity, in turn, erodes the credibility of the country s institutions, including public hospitals and clinics.

In article 5, the principle of State immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts of another State was reaffirmed, as was the principle of jurisdictional sovereignty.

Implications of provisional immunity , its scope and legal validity before the national and international commissions, and before the Burundian national courts

Your Majesty, first and foremost, you must stand on your rights and demand immunity on the ground of your Royal Prerogative.

The court would find that difficult yet under draft article 6, the forum courts must determine that immunity (if it existed) was respected.

This fantasy of invulnerability was so complete that I even deceived myself, and as the first semester ended and the second began, there was no way that anyone could have predicted what was just about to happen.

In these circumstances, immunity from external shocks or decoupling, as it is often called seems fanciful.

We regret the fact that the text we have adopted contains a provision of immunity from jurisdiction, which runs counter to the spirit of the Rome Statute.

The question of the validity of the provisional immunity before the national courts of Burundi is at present largely theoretical.

Such a decision would be a serious setback to the movement to end impunity for the most serious crimes.

What shall we tell the 52 ppl killed after we allowed the GCCDeal gave ammunity to Saleh !! Yemen

Action must begin with investment or with an intraregional treaty that affords extraterritorial rights and protection for regional capital and labour.