Legal Opinion
Georges v. United Nations
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 18, 2016No. 15-455-cvPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The principal question presented by this appeal is whether the fulfillment by the United Nations (“UN”) of its obligation under Section 29 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (the “CPIUN”), Apr. 29, 1970, 21 U.S.T. 1418, to “make provisions for appropriate modes of settlement of’ certain disputes 1 is a condition precedent to its immunity under Section 2 of the CPIUN, which provides that the UN “shall enjoy immunity from every form of legal process except insofar as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity,” 2…
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