State Immunity from Execution under the “United Nations Convention on the Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property” (UN Convention) in the Process of Execution of Arbitral Awards against States
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https://doi.org/10.60131/jlaw.2.2022.7035Keywords:
Execution of arbitral awards against states, UN Convention, State immunity from execution.Abstract
The present article focuses on the examination of state immunity in the process of execution of arbitral awards under the UN Convention. It studies the effectiveness of the UN Convention in the light of domestic and international laws on State immunity. Within the scope of this area of research, the article discusses the approaches of Anglo-American, French and Swiss legal systems.
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