Re: NGO immunity from prosecution

["John Cox" <John.E.Cox@btinternet.com>]

Like a number of international organizations, like OECD, WHO etc, IMF is
not subject to any individual nation's jurisdiction.  The license should
indicate a method of resolving disputes by mediation or arbitration, but
it cannot be subject to any national or state jurisdiction or to the
courts in any individual jurisdiction.

John Cox

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberly Parker" <kimberly.parker@yale.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: 4 December 2002 12:36 am
Subject: NGO immunity from prosecution

> I'm reviewing an IMF license and found a new wrinkle in immunity that I
> thought I'd share with this community.
>
> In this license (which is otherwise based on the Cox model license) the
> International Monetary Fund is claiming immunity from any judicial
> process.  I will quote the entire section below.
>
> I had to send this question up our review chain ladder as I'd never
> encountered this type of declaration before.  I can't imagine us ever
> suing IMF for breach of license, but it was still unusual.  The
> arbitration offerings are probably enough to keep us feeling sensible
> about this, but I thought I'd offer the statement here for discussion.
>
> --Kimberly Parker

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