Nick Kenny, Author at Lucid Law

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R (Freedom and Justice Party) v SS Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs: How Should International Law Inform the Common Law

September 14, 2020
Nick Kenny
International Law

In R (Freedom and Justice Party) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, the Court of Appeal clarified how international law feeds into English common law. It confirmed…

Belhaj and another v Straw and others [2017] UKSC 3: The Culpability of the State for International Human Rights Abuses

In Belhaj and another v Straw and others, the Supreme Court gives detailed analysis of the principles of international and domestic law that might protect state violations of human rights.…

Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy: Greece intervening), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2012, p.99: State Immunity for Armed Forces is Absolute, Even for War Crimes

April 26, 2020
Nick Kenny
International Law

In Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy: Greece intervening), the International Court of Justice confirmed that state immunity protects a state for the actions of its armed forces, even if they commit war crimes and even if their victims have no other remedy. In doing so, it condemned the Italian courts’ activist approach in assisting victims of World War 2 atrocities left out of Germany’s official compensation schemes.