State Immunity, Gross Human Rights Violations and Civil Claims in Foreign Courts (The Position of the European Court of Human Rights)

Abstract

The paper deals with the current case-law of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the issue of state immunity and its relationship to civil claims in foreign courts for gross human rights violations.

Keywords

• State
• Immunity
• Gross
• Rights
• Violations
• Civil
• Claims
• Foreign
• Courts
• Position
• European
• Court
• Human