THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Germany has filed a lawsuit with the main U.N. judicial body in an attempt to block Italian courts from seeking compensation for Nazi war crimes.
ROME, July 23 (UPI) -- The Italian Senate's vote to grant legal immunity to Premier Silvio Berlusconi amounts to anointing a "sovereign," opposition leaders said Wednesday.
ROME, June 27 (UPI) -- The Italian government is seeking immunity for top institutional figures while in office in a move allegedly protecting Premier Silvio Berlusconi.
ROME, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Italy's constitutional court is to decide "before Christmas" whether to accept a new law that gives the current prime minister immunity.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it has asked Pakistan to waive the diplomatic immunity of its ambassador at the United Nations. Ambassador Munir Akram could face court proceedings for quarreling with a woman if the immunity is removed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear argument this term on whether the 11th Amendment prevents states or their agencies being sued under Title II of the Amer
UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (UPI) -- Some 40 nations during a U.N. Security Council open debate Wednesday denounced U.S. efforts to gain immunity for its peacekeeping troops from the International
WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) --
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that when a state moves a case from its own courts to federal court it waives 11th Amendment immunity from lawsuits. The case involves a Georgia professor who sued the state university system.
PARIS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A French lawyer on Monday announced that he would petition the European Court of Human
