Germany versus Italy reloaded: Whither a human rights limitation to State immunity?
1. Two scenarios The application against Italy recently filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ)[1] by Germany and associated circumstances invite a few preliminary observations about the possible impact of these developments on the central issue underlying this long-standing dispute, namely the relationship between human rights and State immunity. In this connection, two scenarios...
Choleric notes on the Haiti Cholera Case
1. Introductory remarks The titles in the growing literature[1] relating to the Haiti Cholera Case are often, albeit tacitly, inspired by García Márquez’s celebrated novel ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’.[2] This choice seems to arise from the traditional concern of writers with the identification of a catchy title for their works. We should go...
