«The doctrine of
judicial immunity affords state judges absolute
immunity for past
judicial acts
regarding matters within their court's jurisdiction, even if their exercise of authority is flawed by the commission of grave procedural errors.»
As
regards the
immunity of the State, the 6 - 1 decision in Jones and Others v the United Kingdom to uphold the
immunity of Saudi Arabia was to be expected: in the Jurisdictional
Immunities Judgment, the principal
judicial organ of the UN clearly stated that that there was no exception to State
immunity for jus cogens violations.