Table of Contents:
  • The immunity of heads of state and other state officials as rules of customary international law
  • Immunity of heads of state and other state officials from the criminal jurisdiction of a foreign state
  • Immunity of heads of state and other state officials from international or internationalised criminal jurisdiction
  • Interdependency between immunity from criminal jurisdiction of a foreign state and immunity from international criminal jurisdiction
  • Conclusion on immunity of heads of state and other state officials under contemporary customary international law
  • Ultra vires action and individual criminal responsibility
  • The principle of universal jurisdiction and the obligation aut dedere aut judicare
  • The character of jus cogens norms and the international ordre public
  • Conclusion on the relationship between principles relating to crimes pursuant to international law and immunity of
  • heads of state and other state officials.