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9) Prefecture of Voiotia v Federal Republic of Germany (4 may 2000): see M Gavouneli, I Bantekas, 'Prefecture of Voiotia v.

11) In Prefecture of Voiotia, the Supreme Court of Greece rejected the jure imperi/jure gestionis distinction, by referring to the peremptory nature of the prohibition of the crimes at stake, on the basis of which Germany was considered as having tacitly waived its immunity (provided for by art 46 of the Hague IV Convention; M Gavouneli, I Bantekas (n 9) 202).

Ferrini followed a similar decision of the Hellenic Supreme Court in Voiotia v.

111) The treatment of this case that follows in this article relies on the translated summary found in Maria Gavouneli & Ilias Bantekas, Case Comment on Voiotia v.