This book focuses on the tension between the protection of human rights recognised asjus cogens(peremptory) norms, on the one hand, and the bestowal of immunity on the state and its representatives, on the other, to ascertain how these immunities can be eroded, if not fully abolished, to maintain full protection ofjus cogenshuman rights under international law. The book argues that immunity should not equate to impunity when violations ofjus cogenshuman rights are committed by States, Heads of State, or diplomatic agents. To make the case, the organic structures of the concepts of sovereignty...