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Agent Judiciaire Du Trésor v. Gaulet and Others

France.  28 May 1970 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

International law in general — Relation to municipal law — Treaty — NATO Status of Forces Agreement, 1951 — Treaty requiring arbitration of dispute over whether serviceman acting in course of his duty — Receiving State declining to submit questions to arbitrator and relying on agreement with sending State — Whether municipal courts able to enforce requirement of arbitration — The law of France

Treaties — Special kinds of treaties — Treaties establishing special regimes — Whether special rules of interpretation applicable — European Convention on Human Rights

Treaties — Special kinds of treaties — NATO Status of Forces Agreement, 1951 — Article VIII(5) — Civil responsibility — Damage caused by U.S. serviceman belonging to NATO forces — Whether acting in the course of his duty — Recourse to arbitral procedure laid down by the Convention — Effect of treaty in municipal law — Whether enforceable by private individual — The law of France

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1980

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