Berlin brings Italy to the Hague, no more Nazi damage lawsuits

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, APRIL 30 - Germany has initiated proceedings before the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, against the Italian Republic for failure to respect its judicial immunity as a sovereign state: Berlin claims that Rome continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to seek redress from the German state even after a previous ICJ ruling that such requests violate "international law".

It can be read in a note published by the Court itself.

    In its appeal, Germany recalls that, on 3 February 2012, the Court delivered its judgment on the question of immunity from jurisdiction in the case relating to State immunities.

Berlin indicates that, "despite the rulings of this judgment, the Italian national courts, since 2012, have upheld a significant number of new claims against Germany in violation of Germany's sovereign immunity."

Germany refers in particular to judgment no.

238/2014 of 22 October 2014 of the Italian Constitutional Court, with which the latter "recognized" the obligation of the Italian judge to comply with the ICJ sentence of 3 February 2012 "but, nevertheless," submitted this same obligation to the