International Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide by Ilias Bantekas & Efthymios Papastavridis

Author:Ilias Bantekas & Efthymios Papastavridis [Bantekas, Ilias]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Epub3
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2017-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Congo v Belgium), ICJ Rep (2002), p 3

Pursuant to its universal jurisdiction law the Belgian authorities indicted the incumbent foreign minister of the Congo, alleging that he was involved in the commission of serious international crimes, including crimes against humanity. Congo rebuked the legality of the indictment, arguing that the minister enjoyed immunity. The ICJ held that incumbent foreign ministers enjoy absolute immunity under international law, this being personal rather than functional immunity. This implies that the nature of the contested act as official or private is irrelevant.

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