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This book covers the relationship between the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations, addressing their similarities and dissimilarities. Their relationship with diplomatic immunity is also examined. It considers that the immunity of international organizations was historically conceived in terms of State immunity. The major aim of this book is to clarify the conceptual confusion that has often marred the understanding of the law of the, different but interrelated, jurisdictional immunities of both States and international organizations. The approach is to holistically analyze and synthesize select and relevant opinions of international and national courts. To achieve this, the book focuses more on what the law is than on what it should be. An understanding of the law is more useful to a practitioner than a criticism of it. The book is not an exegesis on everything immunity. The jurisdictional immunities of heads of State and of diplomats are beyond the scope of this book, and are only tangentially examined. The book concludes by making the case that the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations are not only sustainable but also necessary for international relations and cooperation. The author intends to position the book to be of use both to scholars and practicing lawyers and legal advisers in government and international organizations, as well as to lawyers whose practice concerns issues and laws of privileges and immunities.

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"""An acute and scholarly update on the law of the Jurisdictional Immunities of States and International Organizations."" - Stephen M. Schwebel, former judge of the International Court of Justice ""This book provides an excellent introduction to the complex and controversial subject of immunity of foreign States and international organizations from suits in national courts, with a special focus on the United States and United Kingdom. Practitioners will find this an especially useful resource."" - John B. Bellinger, III, Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Former Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State from 2005 to 2009 ""The importance of privileges and immunities to the functioning of international organizations cannot be overemphasized, and this comprehensible book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the immunity of international organizations from the jurisdiction of national courts. All those who work for, work with, or are interested in international organizations should make sure they have a copy on their desk!"" - Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, The World Bank Group ""By what authority do courts and tribunals pass judgment on the conduct of sovereigns and international organizations? The ground is well traversed with respect to the former, less so in the case of the latter. The fruit of impressive and wide-ranging research, resolutely giving primacy to experience rather than theory, this book reveals the functional similarities and disparities of the immunities of these two types of entities, and in so doing, leads the reader to a more profound understanding of both."" - Jan Paulsson, Professor of Law, University of Miami, and Founding Partner, Three Crowns LLP"

An acute and scholarly update on the law of the Jurisdictional Immunities of States and International Organizations. - Stephen M. Schwebel, former judge of the International Court of Justice This book provides an excellent introduction to the complex and controversial subject of immunity of foreign States and international organizations from suits in national courts, with a special focus on the United States and United Kingdom. Practitioners will find this an especially useful resource. - John B. Bellinger, III, Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Former Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State from 2005 to 2009 The importance of privileges and immunities to the functioning of international organizations cannot be overemphasized, and this comprehensible book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the immunity of international organizations from the jurisdiction of national courts. All those who work for, work with, or are interested in international organizations should make sure they have a copy on their desk! - Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, The World Bank Group By what authority do courts and tribunals pass judgment on the conduct of sovereigns and international organizations? The ground is well traversed with respect to the former, less so in the case of the latter. The fruit of impressive and wide-ranging research, resolutely giving primacy to experience rather than theory, this book reveals the functional similarities and disparities of the immunities of these two types of entities, and in so doing, leads the reader to a more profound understanding of both. - Jan Paulsson, Professor of Law, University of Miami, and Founding Partner, Three Crowns LLP

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Edward Chukwuemeke Okeke is an international law scholar and practitioner, admitted to the Bar of the State of New York. He has extensive experience in international organizations, having served in the Institutional Administration Practice Group of the Legal Vice Presidency at the World Bank, the Office of Legal Affairs of UNESCO, and the Office of the Legal Counsel and the Administrative Law Unit of the United Nations. He is the recipient of the Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Award from New York Law School and the Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Award from the New York State Bar Association. He has been published in Arbitration International, and has contributed two chapters in The Conventions on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies: A Commentary (Oxford, Edited by August Reinisch 2016).

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