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Rules on State Immunity Acts for Torture Being Developed (Law Dissertation)
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This document contains the rule of state immunity, UK Convention on Jurisdiction immunities of states and Their Property, Defining Jus cogens and the formulation and Right to a remedy

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  • October 14, 2022
  • 58
  • 2018/2019
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  • A+

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  • human rights
  • law
  • dissertation
  • final year project
  • state immunity
  • llb

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LLB Dissertation 2018/2019




Critically discuss how, if at all, the international rules on state immunity acts for torture

have developed since the case of Al-Adsani.




Word count: 16,768




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,Table of contents


Abstract ............................................................................................................................... 4


Introduction ...........................................................................................................................5


Chapter 1 –State immunity........................................................................................................


1.1The rule of state immunity....................................................................................................11


1.2.UN Convention on Jurisdiction immunities of States and Their Property 2004 – what it is and

the issue with it....................................................................................................................................13


1.3 State Immunity in the UK......................................................................................................15


1.4. Conclusion............................................................................................................................16


Chapter 2–.State Immunity in the UK and Human Rights/ECHR rejection of the trumping argument.

2.1 Definition of Jus cogens and the formulation…………………………………………………………..……….17

2.2 Is there a normative hierarchy of jus cogens norms.............................................................19


2.3 The trumping effect of jus cogens on state immunity...........................................................20


2.4. Conclusion.............................................................................................................................32


Chapter 3 – A change of direction regarding state immunity


3.1: Introduction.......................................................................................................................34


3.2 Right to a remedy........................................................................................................................36


3.3.Could immunity mean impunity?.................................................................................................41


3.4 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 47


Chapter 4 – Conclusion…………………………………..………………………………………………………………48

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,Bibliography…..................................................................................................................49




Abstract



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, This dissertation considers whether the international rules on state immunity acts for

torture have developed since the case of Al-Adsani v. The United Kingdom, [2001] 1. Firstly, it

is submitted that there has been no development on the law of state immunity since the

trumping argument is rejected several times. It is argued that the trumping argument should

be upheld rather than rejected because of the concept of human rights and that people

should have a right to a remedy. Secondly, article 6 ECHR could be used as a way of

removing immunity as article 6 trumps immunity. An example of this was shown in the case

of Benkharbouche & Anor v Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2017].2 Therefore, this would

more likely to increase the chance of the victim to be provided a remedy and achieve

justice.




Introduction

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Al-Adsani v. The United Kingdom, [2001] ECHR 752 application 35763/97
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Benkharbouche & Anor v Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2017] UKSC 62

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