Jurisdictional immunities

This video provides a description of jurisdictional immunities as a shield from domestic legal proceedings. Specifically, I discuss state (sovereign) immunity, functional immunity and diplomatic privileges and immunities as laid down in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. 0:00 Introduction 0:57 State (sovereign) immunity 1:44 State immunity and commercial acts 2:47 State immunity and public acts 3:51 Immunity from prosecution and arrests 4:32 Functional immunity 5:28 The Pinochet case 6:54 Diplomatic privileges and immunities 7:48 Rights of host states 8:41 Inviolability, immunities, and waivers Reading: • Jan Klabbers, International Law (4th ed., Cambridge University Press, 2023), chapter 5 Reading question: • Describe briefly what distinguishes the three types of immunities described in the chapter. What are their similarities and differences? This video series was created for a second-year undergraduate course in public international law at University College Roosevelt in the Netherlands.