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Immunity in Emergency

Foreign states providing assistance in emergencies should be immune from proceedings for acts or omissions in such assistance. The same applies to their personnel, an Australian bill, Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009, provides. The November 7, 2009 bill is available at Lexis Legal. -- Clemens Kochinke, partner, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC.

Mon, 17:26:07 23 Nov 2009 / Embassy Law Link


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