Jam v International Finance Corporation: The US Supreme Court Decision and its Aftermath

Marco Simons and MacKennan Graziano

Business and Human Rights Journal, 2020, vol. 5, issue 2, 282-288

Abstract: A year ago, in Jam v International Finance Corporation, fishing and farming families from rural India achieved a historic US Supreme Court victory over one of the world’s largest financial institutions. The Supreme Court decided that the World Bank Group, and similar international organizations, do not automatically enjoy ‘absolute’ immunity from suit, but instead can be sued under the same circumstances as foreign governments can be sued in United States (US) courts – including suits based on their commercial activities in the US.

Date: 2020
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