Also known as the EU Convention, the European Convention on State Immunity (ETS no. 074) and its Additional Protocol (ETS no. 074A) were open for signature by the member countries of the Council of Europe in 1972 and became effective in 1976 and 1985, respectively. The Convention sets out the circumstances under which a signatory may not claim immunity before a foreign court. Under the Convention, a signatory will not have immunity if it accepts the jurisdiction of a foreign court and in proceedings relating to:

For more information on the Convention, see Practice Note, A Primer on Foreign Sovereign Immunity.