Abstract
This article aims to critically analyze the case of the jurisdictional immunities of the state brought before the International Court of Justice focusing on the arguments that consider the non-absolute character of state immunity when facing serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law that have attained the status of jus cogens norms. It argues the need for a progressive reading of state practice on state immunity, considering the current evolution of international law and the progressive erosion of immunity that goes hand in hand with the limitation of state sovereignty and the emergence of the individual as a subject of International Law.
State immunity; jurisdictional immunity; immunity from execution; jus cogens; International Court of Justice