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Since when does authority to look into a country’s actions require consent of that country? Anybody can look into any country’s actions unless that country has

• kyboren 10mo ago
  Since 1354. 4 State immunity evolved in close connection to the development of the concept of sovereignty and the territorial State. It can be traced back to the principle of par in parem non habet imperium which was mentioned as early as 1354 by Bartolus de Saxoferrato in his Tractatus de regimine civitatis. It stipulates that a sovereign should not have jurisdiction over another sovereign. [...] 22 State immunity entails that a State itself or its property is not subjected to the proceedings of the court of another State. It does foreclose any proceedings or judgment on the merits, but does not hinder the service of process and a court decision about the admissibility. Likewise, it protects the property of a State against any measure taken in relation to the proceedings. - https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:epil/9780199231690/law-9780199231690-e1106 https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:epil/97801992316...