Supreme Court (Netherlands) [HR] (Stichting Mothers of Srebrenica and ors v Netherlands and United Nations, Final appeal judgment: LJN: BW1999)

Authors
Publication date 2012
Journal International Law in Domestic Courts
Article number 1760 (NL 2012)
Volume | Issue number 2012
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL)
Abstract Subject(s): Right to a judge — Right to fair trial — Immunity from jurisdiction, international organizations — Genocide — UN Security Council — Peremptory norms / ius cogens — Peace keeping
Core Issue(s): Whether the United Nations enjoyed immunity from Dutch jurisdiction in the absence of an alternative remedy.
Whether the United Nations enjoyed immunity from Dutch jurisdiction in respect of acts related to
genocide.
Document type Case note
Language English
Published at http://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law:ildc/1760nl12.case.1/law-ildc-1760nl12
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