Waiver and Embassy Accounts
am 28.12.2006 von German American Law Journal :: American Edition
CK - Washington. A blanket waiver of sovereign immunity in the term of government bonds marketed commercially does not affect the immunity afforded the governments diplomatic assets in Germany, the German Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe ruled on December 6, 2006 in the matter 2 BvM 9/03.
After examining American and other laws to discern the general principles of international law on the issue, the court found the inviolability of diplomatic assets paramount. A sovereign may specifically waive its immunity with respect to diplomatic assets, such as an embassy bank account. But a blanket waiver related to non-diplomatic issues does not permit the execution of judgments involving other matters into issues into such accounts.
Such a waiver …
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