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Al-Dulimi v. Switzerland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2017

Alexander Orakhelashvili*
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham

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International Decisions
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2016

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References

1 Al-Dulimi and Montana Management Inc. v. Switzerland, App. No. 5809/08 (Eur. Ct. H.R. June 21, 2016). Judgments of the Court cited herein are available at its website, http://www.hudoc.echr.coe.int.

2 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950, ETS No. 5, 213 UNTS 221. The case had been referred to the Grand Chamber following the judgment of the Second Chamber, which also found a violation of Article 6. Al-Dulimi v. Switzerland, App. No. 5809/08 (Eur. Ct. H.R. Nov. 26, 2013) [hereinafter Al-Dulimi I].

3 Al-Jedda v. United Kingdom, 2011-IV Eur. Ct. H.R. 305, 50 ILM 950 (2011) (reported by Miša Zgonec-Rožej at 106 AJIL 830 (2012)); Nada v. Switzerland, 2012-V Eur. Ct. H.R. 115. The Court also referred to the European Court of Justice's decisions in Joined Cases C-402/05 P & C-415/05 P, Kadi v. Council, 2008 ECR I-6351 [hereinafter Kadi I] (reported by Miša Zgonec-Rožej at 103 AJIL 305 (2009)); and Joined Cases C-584/10 P, C-59310 P, & C-595/10 P, Commission v. Kadi (Eur. Ct. Justice July 18, 2013) (reported by Clemens A. Feinäugle at 107 AJIL 878 (2013)).

4 SC Res. 1483, para. 23 (May 22, 2003) (requiring UN member states to “freeze without delay those funds or other financial assets or economic resources and, unless these funds or other financial assets or economic resources are themselves the subject of a prior judicial, administrative, or arbitral lien or judgement, immediately [to] cause their transfer to the Development Fund for Iraq”).

5 SC Res. 1518 (Nov. 24, 2003).

6 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Art. 14, S. EXEC. DOC. NO. 95-E (1978), 999 UNTS 171.

7 Citation omitted.

8 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23, 1969, 1155 UNTS 331.

9 Id., Arts. 31, 32. For a fuller discussion of the interpretation of Security Council resolutions, see Alexander Orakhelashvili, Collective Security, ch. 2 (2011); Alexander Orakhelashvili, UN Security Council Resolutions Before UK Courts, 2015 Max Planck Y.B. UN L. 39; Alexander Orakhelashvili, Case Report: R (On the Application of Al-Jedda) (FC) v. Secretary of State for Defense, 102 AJIL 337 (2008).

10 Al-Jedda, supra note 3, para. 102.

11 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croat. v. Serb.), para. 474 (Int’l Ct. Justice Feb. 3, 2015).

12 See Alexander Orakhelashvili, Responsibility and Immunities: Similarities and Differences Between International Organizations and States, 11 INt’L Org. L. Rev. 114 (2014).

13 Kadi I, supra note 3.

14 Al-Dulimi I, supra note 2.

15 Id., para. 126.

16 Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (U.S. v. It.), 1989 ICJ Rep. 15, 76, para. 128 (July 20).

17 Hum. Rts. Comm., General Comment No. 29, States of Emergency (Art. 4), para. 11, UN Doc. CCPR/C /21/Rev.1/Add.11 (Aug. 31, 2001).