[20190304]LSB10200_国际组织豁免权的法定原则 .pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Statutory Canon Aimed at International Organization Immunity Updated March 4, 2019 Update: The Supreme Court on February 27 issued its 7-1 opinion in Jam v. International Finance Corp, holding in favor of the petitioners and reversing the decision below. Chief Justice Roberts wrote that “the IOIA should be understood to link the law of international organization immunity to the law of foreign sovereign immunity, so that the one develops in tandem with the other.” The Court found the reference canon supported its plain text reading of the statute. The original post from October 5, 2018, follows below. In the October 2018 term, the Supreme Court is slated to hear oral argument in Jam v. International Finance Corp., a case involving an international development project gone awry in India. The petitionersa group of Indian nationals from Gujaratseek to hold International Finance Corp. (IFC) liable for extensive environmental damage throughout their community caused by the construction of a power plant financed and overseen by IFC. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit)