The International Court of Justice in The Hague has received a complaint from the German state, which accuses Italy of trying to sell its Roman real estate as reparations for war crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II world.
However, as the BBC reports in an article published this Sunday, Germany enjoys immunity prohibiting foreign courts from condemning the German state for these crimes.
According to our colleagues, this immunity has been confirmed by international case law from 2012.
Germany fears a dilapidation of its real estate properties
At that time, the court in The Hague found that the Italian Court of Cassation, by condemning Germany in a case related to the Second World War, had "violated the obligation to respect the immunity enjoyed by the Federal Republic of 'Germany under international law'.
According to the BBC, Berlin claims that more than 25 similar trials have been held in Italy since 2012. Fearing a squandering of its Roman real estate properties, Germany has therefore seized the court in The Hague to prohibit any sale as long as no judgment was pronounced.
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