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Oliva Carrasco, Ricardo (individual) v. Republic of Venezuela (State) Information on the

contribution Author(ity) Date of the decision, of District Court of the judgment 14/11/2000 Member State

Themes Points of law IV. Immunity of diplomatic and The Court established that it was not competent to consider labour disputes between foreign consular missions missions and their employees. 1. Immunity from jurisdiction Summary of the case

Type of document The case concerned the termination/cancellation of an employment contract between the Jurisprudence Embassy of Venezuela and its former chauffeur. Venezuela invoked immunity. Permanent link to the contribution http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Im By referring to a of the of Finland (KKO 1993:120 - "Hanna Heusala munities/Finland/2000/98 (individual) v. Republic of Turkey (State)), the Court established that it was not competent to consider the case and ruled the claim inadmissible without considering the merits. Further, it Translations stated that immunity was a matter that had to be taken into account ex officio by the Court. No translations Sources Case No. 00/1467 THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE QUOTED AS FOLLOWS: Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.) Database of the CAHDI "The The judgment of the District Court was upheld by the Court of Appeal of Helsinki. The plaintiff immunities of States and appealed against the judgement of the Court of Appeal on 28 May 2002. international organisations" - contribution of Finland - Jurisprudence of 14/11/2000