Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Merit's Courts (The Netherlands) - Rechtbank Den Haag (Tribunale distrettuale dell’Aia)

Date: 01/29/2020

Subject: The decision of the Rechtbank Den Haag (District Court in which of the Hague), the judge found the lack of jurisdiction with regard to the claim for compensation lodged by a Dutch national, native of the Palestinian Territories, against two Israeli commanders of the army for the consequences of the airstrike of 20 July 2014 within the military operation in the Gaza Strip “Operation Protective Edge”: the Court, also recalling the international jurisprudence and the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg, established that the defendants enjoy functional immunity deriving from their jurisdiction, pursuant to international customary law

Original language: Dutch

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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