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Chimène I. Keitner on "The Common Law of Foreign Official Immunity"
Chimène I. Keitner (University of California, Hastings College of the Law) has posted a new paper on SSRN entitled, “The Common Law of Foreign Official Immunity”, Green Bag 2D, Vol. 13, Autumn 2010....
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Rough Landing: Supreme Court of Canada ejects Iraq’s State Immunity Defence:...
Today’s decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Iraq, 2010 SCC 40 ["Kuwait Airways"] reaffirms the “commercial activity” exception under s.5 of Canada’s State Immunity Act,...
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My New Article in the Canadian International Lawyer
I have published a new article in the latest issue of the Canadian Bar Association’s Canadian International Lawyer journal entitled, “Adjudicating International Human Rights Claims in Canada”, (2011),...
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Access To Justice for Victims of International Terrorism
Wikinews tag terrorism (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Solicitors Journal (UK) reports today that “Victims of international terrorist attacks can claim compensation”: “Ministers announced in February...
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Steen v. Islamic Republic of Iran (Ont. C.A.): A Silver Lining in the State...
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has again reinforced state immunity for torture and human rights abuses in Steen v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013 ONCA 30 (Ont. C.A.), aff’g 2011 ONSC 6464 (CanLII...
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No State Immunity for South Africa in Wrongful Dismissal Suit
Roy v. South Africa, 2013 ONSC 4633 (CanLII) is another in a recent series of Canadian court decisions involving state immunity in the employment context. See my previous posts here and here. The...
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