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The Convention aims to establish common rules relating to the scope of the immunity of one Party from the jurisdiction of the courts of another Party.

It specifies the cases in which a Party may not claim immunity before foreign courts. This applies when the Party in question accepts the jurisdiction of the court and in proceedings relating to work contracts, participation in a company or association, industrial, commercial or financial activities; rights over immovable property in the State where the court is situated; redress for injury to persons or damage to property.

The Convention specifies the rules concerning the proceedings against a Party in a court of another Party and the effects of judgments that Parties agreed to give them.

• Annex.
• Translations sorted by non-official languages.
• Note for information - Accession to the European Convention on State Immunity by a State which is not a member of the Council of Europe.

• Directorate of Legal Advice and Public International Law - Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI)