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Part VII State jurisdiction, 22 Privileges and immunities of foreign states

James Crawford SC, FBA

From: Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law (9th Edition)

James Crawford

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 28 March 2023

Subject(s):
Immunity from jurisdiction, states — Immunity from jurisdiction, absolute — Immunity from jurisdiction, state officials — Heads of state and other senior officials — Attachment — 9dd843fd-a290-40d3-a1c9-c0761ea7c285 — Peremptory norms / ius cogens — Human rights

This chapter begins with a discussion of the evolution of the international law of state immunity. It then reviews the modalities of granting immunity, attachment and seizure in execution, and state immunity and human rights.

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