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Gerritsen v. de la Madrid Hurtado and Others

United States.  18 June 1987 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Consular relations — Immunity — Consular officials — Immunity from civil proceedings — Scope of immunity — Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, Articles 5 and 43 — Immunity limited to “Acts performed in the exercise of consular functions” — Whether immunity covers proceedings for allegedly unlawful acts committed against person demonstrating outside consulate

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Non-commercial tort exception — Requirement that tort not committed by foreign State in the exercise of discretionary function — Alleged abduction and assault of person demonstrating outside Mexican consulate by Mexican consulate officials — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 1995

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