The International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) issued its eagerly-awaited judgment in the case Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening). This judgment basically holds that Italy has violated its obligation to respect the immunity enjoyed by Germany under international law. Here below follows the Court’s Press Release No. 2012/7 with some very minor changes. For a summary of the Court’s judgment click here and for the full text of the judgment (54 pages) click here. 1. Subject-matter of the dispute and jurisdiction of the Court In its judgment the Court recalled that, on 23 December 2008, Germany filed…