Georges and Others v. United Nations and Others. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 162(2016)
• Page Start: 775
• Page End: 783
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: International organizations -- Treaties -- Diplomatic relations; United States of America; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107416116.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : 775 International organizations — United Nations — Subsidiary body — Immunity — Nature of immunity — Absolute immunity — Whether United Nations expressly waiving immunity — Whether absolute immunity dependent on provision of mode of settlement for claims — Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, Articles II(2) and VIII(29a) — United Nations Charter, 1945, Article 105 Treaties — Effect — Interpretation — Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946 — Whether self-executing — Whether United Nations immune from suit — Whether United Nations expressly waiving immunity — Whether grant of immunity vitiated only by express waiver — Whether United Nations forfeiting immunity due to failure to provide any mode of settlement for plaintiffs' claims — Text of Convention — Drafting history — Executive Branch's interpretation — Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, Sections 2 and 29 Diplomatic relations — United Nations Charter, 1945, Article 105(2) — Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, Section 19 — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, Article 31 — Individual defendants currently holding diplomatic positions — Whether individual defendants immune from suit — The law of the United States