TANISHKA GROVER & AKSHDEEP GUPTA

VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE SEMBLANCE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

WHAT IS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY? Sovereign immunity, or state immunity, is a principle of customary international law, by virtue of which one sovereign state cannot be sued before the courts of another sovereign state without its consent. Put in another way, a sovereign state is exempt from the jurisdiction of foreign...