African Union (orthographic projection)" by Heraldry (Source: Wikimedia - Creative Commons License) In June, the African Union granted...

In Samantar v. Yousuf, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not govern the...

At the request of the Executive Branch, courts routinely dismiss private suits against sitting heads of foreign states. Congress has ...

Government officials accused of human rights abuses often claim that they are protected by state immunity because only the state can be...

The Article gives an account of the most recent Italian practice as regarding foreign states’ immunity from the jurisdiction of the forum...