Limits to immunity

Agreement establishing the African Development Bank

Year: 1963

Issuing Body:

Country: ;Algeria;Angola;Benin;Botswana;Burkina Faso;Burundi;Cabo Verde;Cameroon;Central African Republic;Chad;Comoros;Democratic Republic of Congo;Djibouti;Egypt;Equatorial Guinea;Eswatini;Ethiopia;Gabon;Gambia;Ghana;Guinea;Guinea Bissau;Ivory Coast;Kenya;Lesotho;Liberia;Libya;Madagascar;Malawi;Mali;Mauritania;Mauritius;Morocco;Mozambique;Niger;Nigeria;Rwanda;Sao Tome;Senegal;Seychelles;Sierra Leone;Somalia;Spain;Sudan;Syria;Tanzania;Togo;Tunisia;Uganda;Zambia;Zimbabwe;

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The Agreement, concluded on 4 August 1963 and entered into force on 7 May 1982 (as amended by resolution 05-79...

General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Police Organization

Year: 2025

Issuing Body:

Country: ;Austria;Chile;Ecuador;Ghana;Lebanon;Libya;Mali;Mauritania;Nicaragua;Palau;Serbia;

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Adopted by INTERPOL’s General Assembly on 24 November 2025, the Agreement regulates the Privileges and Immunities of ITNERPOL. INTERPOL shall...

Agreement concerning the Nordic Investment Bank

Year: 2004

Issuing Body:

Country: ;Denmark;Estonia;Finland;Iceland;Latvia;Lithuania;Norway;Sweden;

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The Agreement concerning the Nordic Investment Bank, signed in Helsinki on 11 February 2004 and entered into force on 1...

Agreement establishing the Inter-American Investment Corporation

Year: 1984

Issuing Body:

Country: ;Argentina;Bahamas;Barbados;Belize;Bolivia;Brazil;Chile;Colombia;Costa Rica;Dominican Republic;Ecuador;El Salvador;Guatemala;Guyana;Haiti;Honduras;Jamaica;Mexico;Nicaragua;Panama;Paraguay;Peru;Suriname;Trinidad and Tobago;Uruguay;Venezuela;

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The Agreement establishes the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest). Article VII defines the legal status, privileges and immunity of the...

Dorta v. Food and Agriculture Organization

Year: 2007

Issuing Body: District Court/ Tribunal of first instance

Country: ;Venezuela;

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Fransisco Franco Dorta, a Venezuelan citizen who worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Venezuela, filed a labour...

Sampaio v. Inter-American Development Bank

Year: 2011

Issuing Body: District Court/ Tribunal of first instance

Country: ;United States;

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The case originated from an employment dispute between the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and a former employee, Mr Sampaio. Having...

Jorge Vila v. Inter-American Investment Corporation

Year: 2009

Issuing Body: Court of Appeal

Country: ;United States;

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Jorge Vila, an independent consultant, filed before the District Court of Columbia an action for unjustified enrichment against the Inter-American...

Smith v. World Bank and the President of the World Bank

Year: 2015

Issuing Body: District Court/ Tribunal of first instance

Country: ;United States;

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Adrienne Smith filed a lawsuit against the World Bank Group and its President, Jim Yong Kim, before the District Court...

Tamara v. Labour Court of First Instance n. 36 of Madrid

Year: 2016

Issuing Body: High Court

Country: ;Spain;

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Ms Tamara, a former employee of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), sued the latter organization...

Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

Year: 1986

Issuing Body:

Country: ;Austria;Belgium;Bulgaria;Croatia;Czechia;Denmark;Estonia;Finland;France;Germany;Greece;Hungary;Iceland;Ireland;Italy;Latvia;Lithuania;Luxembourg;Netherlands;Norway;Poland;Portugal;Romania;Slovakia;Slovenia;Spain;Sweden;Switzerland;Turkey;United Kingdom;

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The Protocol, adopted on 1 December 1986 and entered into force on 5 January 1989 – as amended in 2004...