Non-Suit in Development Assistance
Unsurprisingly, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit against an international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, the counterpart to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for states, when Indians sought compensation for various damages allegedly resulting from the development assistance granted for a power station in their region. On March 24, 2016, the court filed a 13-page opinion in Budha Ismail Jam v. International Finance Corporation, which outlines the basic concepts of the immunities protecting an arm of the World Bank in Washington, DC. -- Clemens Kochinke, partner, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC.
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