Germany on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Italy at the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) in an attempt to prevent Italian courts from awarding compensation to victims of Nazi war crimes.
Germany argues it should be immune from prosecution by private citizens. The country fears that allowing the ruling to stand could lead to hundreds of additional cases being brought against it.
A lawyer acting for the German government argued before the Italian court that previous agreements between the two countries had put an end to this type of case.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3899824,00.html
http://s02.megalodon.jp/2008-1226-1433-14/www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3899824,00.html
イタリアでナチの被害に対する私人に損害賠償の裁判があり、裁判所はその訴えを認めたが、独逸は、私人による、戦後賠償の訴えに対しては国家として免責されている、と国際裁判所に提訴した。
注目してよいニュースだと思う。
