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When No Diplomatic Immunity is Good News: Equatorial Guinea v France in the International Court of Justice
[ad_1] On 11 December 2020, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its judgment in the Case Concerning Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v France). The facts that gave rise to the ruling are anything but ordinary. They involve the vice president of a sovereign country – Equatorial Guinea – being convicted of money laundering, as…