{"id":17476,"date":"2026-09-09T17:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=17476"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:12:02","slug":"la-cour-supreme-du-royaume-uni-juge-que-les-etats-ne-peuvent-invoquer-limmunite-contre-lenregistrement-des-sentences-du-cirdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/fr\/2026\/09\/09\/la-cour-supreme-du-royaume-uni-juge-que-les-etats-ne-peuvent-invoquer-limmunite-contre-lenregistrement-des-sentences-du-cirdi\/","title":{"rendered":"La Cour supr\u00eame du Royaume-Uni juge que les \u00c9tats ne peuvent invoquer l&rsquo;immunit\u00e9 contre l&rsquo;enregistrement des sentences du CIRDI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le 4 mars 2026, la Cour supr\u00eame du Royaume-Uni a rendu son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.uk\/cases\/judgments\/uksc-2024-0155\">arr\u00eat<\/a> dans l\u2019affaire <em>Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.a.r.l.<\/em> et <em>Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd<\/em> [2026] UKSC 9. \u00c0 l&rsquo;unanimit\u00e9, sous la plume de Lord Lloyd-Jones et de Lady Simler, la Cour a <a href=\"https:\/\/supremecourt.uk\/cases\/press-summary\/uksc-2024-0155\">jug\u00e9<\/a> qu&rsquo;en acceptant l&rsquo;article 54(1) de la <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips2'>Convention CIRDI<\/span>, les \u00c9tats contractants se soumettent \u00e0 la comp\u00e9tence juridictionnelle des tribunaux anglais au sens de l&rsquo;article 2(2) du State Immunity Act 1978 et ne peuvent donc pas invoquer l&rsquo;immunit\u00e9 pour s&rsquo;opposer \u00e0 l&rsquo;enregistrement des sentences <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips24'>CIRDI<\/span>. Les pourvois concernaient une sentence intra-<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips118'>UE<\/span> fond\u00e9e sur le <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips91'>TCE<\/span> contre l&rsquo;Espagne, d&rsquo;un montant de 112 millions EUR, ult\u00e9rieurement r\u00e9duit de 11 millions EUR, ainsi qu&rsquo;une sentence d&rsquo;expropriation de 124 millions USD contre le Zimbabwe au titre du <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips89'>TBI<\/span> Suisse-Zimbabwe. L&rsquo;immunit\u00e9 d&rsquo;ex\u00e9cution sur les biens de l&rsquo;\u00c9tat pr\u00e9vue \u00e0 l&rsquo;article 55 est pr\u00e9serv\u00e9e, et les moyens de d\u00e9fense du Zimbabwe non fond\u00e9s sur l&rsquo;immunit\u00e9 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/essexcourt.com\/supreme-court-judgment-on-sovereign-immunity-and-icsid-awards\/\">renvoy\u00e9s<\/a> \u00e0 la Commercial Court. L&rsquo;arr\u00eat aligne le Royaume-Uni sur les d\u00e9cisions d&rsquo;appel rendues aux \u00c9tats-Unis, en Australie et <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.law\/en\/gbr\/legal-updates\/supreme-court-confirms-the-scope-of-state-immunity-in-relation-to-the-registration-of-icsid-arbitration-awards\">ailleurs<\/a>, fermant la voie de l&rsquo;immunit\u00e9 de juridiction comme bouclier pour les plus de 150 \u00c9tats contractants du CIRDI. 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