Thanks @cometoblame for this essential update on #Germany v #Italy II at the #ICJ. Can you shed any light on the timing of Germany's filing, given the fact that Italy's legislative fix was imminent? Surely Germany was not in the dark about this, so why bring the case?
https://twitter.com/cometoblame/status/1521003769424662528
I guess the answer (as Filippo suggests in this thread) is that the new Italian scheme still requires claimants to receive a judgment *against Germany* in the Italian Courts before they can access this new fund, so Germany's jurisdictional immunity remains infringed.
Seems like Italy instead needs an administrative process to consider wartime claims that doesn't involve Germany at all. And perhaps with such a remedy available, Italy could reinstate the law blocking its courts from exercising jurisdiction over these claims & CC would go along?
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