Germany Sues Italy Over Nazi Victim Compensation Claims
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - DECEMBER 16: Exterior of the International Court of Justice December 16, 2003 in The Hague, Netherlands. A dispute is being dealt with between Mexico and the United States in the court concerning alleged violations of Articles 5 and 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 with respect to 52 Mexican nationals who have been sentenced to death in certain states of the United States. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)
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Alexander Pearson, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- The German government has filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in the Hague against Italy, for allegedly permitting reparations cases related to Nazi war crimes to be heard in Italian courts.
Germany say the cases violate a 2012 ruling by the court that victims of Nazi crimes couldn’t sue the country in foreign courts.
Italian courts have heard cases and decided upon claims in at least 15 proceedings, according to the lawsuit filed Friday.
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