jurisdictional immunity

However the Court emphasized that "While jurisdictional immunity is procedural in nature, criminal responsibility is a question of substantive law.

Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening).

Jurisdictional immunity may well bar prosecution for a certain period or for certain offences; it cannot exonerate the person to whom it applies from all criminal responsibility."

Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece Intervening) was a case concerning the extent of state immunity before the International Court of Justice.