Claims Relating to Premises of a Diplomatic Mission Case (Tyngene s.r.o. v. Municipal District Prague—Troja and the Republic of Korea—Embassy of the Republic of Korea). (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 200(2022)
• Page Start: 346
• Page End: 355
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: State immunity -- Diplomatic relations; Czech Republic; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/ilr.2022.31
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : 346 State immunity — Jurisdiction — Property — Functional nature of immunity — Acta jure imperii and acta jure gestionis — Immunity confined to acta jure imperii — Failure of lower courts to take this limitation into account — Premises of a diplomatic mission — Korean Embassy in Prague — Whether Republic of Korea immune from proceedings in Czech courts Diplomatic relations — Immunity — Property — Korean Embassy in Prague — Whether Republic of Korea immune from proceedings in Czech courts — Whether Korean Embassy unjustly enriched — Whether immovable property used for purposes of State's diplomatic mission — Inviolability of premises of diplomatic mission and performance of mission's functions — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, Article 22 — United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, 2004, Article 13 — Whether first instance decision correct — The law of the Czech Republic