• Police had placed border posts on "red alert" to prevent her from leaving but South Africa's international relations minister said she had granted diplomatic immunity to the wife of Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. (alarabiya.net)
  • Nicole Fritz, director of the Southern African Litigation Centre told News24 of South Africa that the notice did not override the Rome Statute and the declared diplomatic immunity had no application regarding South Africa's domestic or international ICC obligations. (bne.eu)
  • South Africa says it will provide diplomatic immunity to Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders attending a summit of the BRICS nations in Johannesburg during the month of August. (hausatv.com)
  • The African country said on Tuesday it will extend its Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges Act to all international officials, who plan to attend the summit of the BRICS block. (hausatv.com)
  • For other uses, see Diplomatic immunity (disambiguation) . (wikipedia.org)
  • Diplomatic immunity is a principle of international law by which certain foreign government officials are recognized as having legal immunity from the jurisdiction of another country. (wikipedia.org)
  • Modern practices of diplomatic immunity have largely conformed to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations , which formally codified the legal and political status of diplomats, and has been ratified by the vast majority of sovereign states. (wikipedia.org)
  • The concept of diplomatic immunity can be found in ancient Indian epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata , where messengers and diplomats were given immunity from capital punishment. (wikipedia.org)
  • South Africa has given cover diplomatic immunity to all leaders going to an August highest point, meaning Vladimir Putin could possibly head out to Johannesburg and not dread the nation following up on a international criminal court warrant for his arrest. (mamostv.tv)
  • According to the ICC Rome Statute's Article 98, Unless the court can first obtain the cooperation of that third State for the waiver of the immunity, the court may not proceed with a request for surrender or assistance that would require the requested State to act inconsistently with its obligations under international law with respect to the State or diplomatic immunity of a person… of a third state. (mamostv.tv)
  • Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows secured an immunity deal with special counsel Jack Smith in order to testify before a grand jury in the election interference case, ABC News reported . (krqe.com)
  • In the 2011 Fifth Circuit case of Morgan v. Swanson, the Court held en banc that Defendants, who are principals of elementary schools in the Plano Independent School District, are entitled to qualified immunity from the suit for the alleged First Amendment violations against school children. (washthomas.com)
  • Thus, defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity. (washthomas.com)
  • On May 17, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Taffe v. Wengert [i] , in which the court examined whether an officer was entitled to qualified immunity for shooting a robbery suspect. (llrmi.com)
  • The majority emphasized that "no federal court of appeals has ever denied qualified immunity to an educator in this area," and "[w]e decline the plaintiff's request to become the first. (washthomas.com)
  • The trial court denied qualified immunity to Officer White. (lexipol.com)
  • Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly given a key Democratic operative immunity to testify against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. (internetparty.org)
  • Given the public nature of your office's allegations against Mr. Kerik, accusing him of being a co-conspirator, no competent criminal attorney would allow Mr. Kerik to testify absent a grant of immunity," Parlatore wrote in a letter to the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis first reported by CNN and obtained by The Hill. (wytv.com)
  • Prosecutors appeared to anticipate the immunity argument, writing in the indictment that though political candidates are permitted to challenge their election losses and to even falsely claim victory, Trump's actions strayed far beyond what is legally permissible in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the building to disrupt the counting of electoral votes. (wkrn.com)
  • To assess herd immunity to swine influenza viruses, we determined antibodies in 28 paired serum samples from participants in a prospective serologic cohort study in Hong Kong who had seroconverted to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, it becomes imperative to investigate herd immunity in humans to swine and avian influenza viruses of subtypes H1 and H3. (cdc.gov)
  • We previously showed a lack of herd immunity in humans to some of these swine virus lineages in serum samples collected before the 2009 pandemic ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 worldwide may generate cross-reactive herd immunity to some of these swine virus lineages, making them less likely candidates for future pandemics. (cdc.gov)
  • The rates of cervical cancer are relatively low in the U.S. when compared to other countries, so taking advantage of the HPV vaccine helps build herd immunity against HPV and lower the incidence of cervical cancer. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we provide a comprehensive overview of innate immunity in CF lung disease, involving (i) epithelial dysfunction, (ii) pathogen sensing, (iii) leukocyte recruitment, (iv) phagocyte impairment, (v) mechanisms linking innate and adaptive immunity and (iv) the potential clinical relevance. (nih.gov)
  • To cite this article: Martin SF, Esser PR, Weber FC, Jakob T, Freudenberg MA, Schmidt M, Goebeler M. Mechanisms of chemical-induced innate immunity in allergic contact dermatitis. (cdc.gov)
  • Contact allergen-induced innate immunity contrast to irritant contact dermatitis (ICD), which evolves emollients may help reduce irritancy and stabilize the barrier as a consequence of direct toxic effects of physical or chemi- function of the skin avoiding the penetration of contact aller- cal agents resulting in keratinocyte damage and local inflam- gens. (cdc.gov)
  • One persistent anti-vaccine argument goes like this: Getting a disease gives a person stronger or longer-lasting "natural" immunity to that illness than taking the vaccine. (texmed.org)
  • The quest to obtain natural immunity can cause parents to endanger their children unnecessarily. (texmed.org)
  • But parents still deliberately expose their children to chickenpox - as well as measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases - to obtain natural immunity. (texmed.org)
  • Interestingly, a recent study reported that topical appli- mation, ACD critically depends on adaptive immunity. (cdc.gov)
  • It well understood that nutrition is important to support immunity, and that adequate intake of both macronutrients and micronutrients helps ensure an optimal immune response to infection. (creighton.edu)
  • Results indicated that infection with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 broadens cross-reactive immunity to other recent subtype H1 swine viruses. (cdc.gov)
  • Waning immunity from the bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine or previous infection against Omicron subvariants (eg, BA.2.86, EG.5, FL.1.5.1) that emerged mid-2023 prompted development of a new formulation for 2023-2024. (medscape.com)
  • Priti Patel is planning to grant Border Force officers immunity from prosecution if migrants die during her operation to 'turn back' small boats crossing the Channel, it has been reported. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • But the government is trying to pass the Nationality and and Borders Bill through Parliament, which would give Border Force officials immunity from prosecution during the 'turnback' operations. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Should immunity from prosecution cover wilful acts of theft or honest mistakes made in the course of duty? (lusakatimes.com)
  • But Trump's lawyers noted in their motion that no court has addressed the question of whether that immunity shields a president from criminal prosecution, hinting that the defense will likely fight the issue all the way to the nation's highest court. (wkrn.com)
  • He asked the district court to compel the prosecution to grant one of his witnesses, Michael Williams, use immunity as well. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • But Young threw out the allegations under the federal doctrine of qualified immunity, which balances accountability with the need to shield officials who reasonably perform their jobs. (yahoo.com)
  • The judge wrote that Virginia law "only provides local officials immunity from suits alleging negligence. (yahoo.com)
  • However, a district court in the Southern District of Georgia dismissed Ms. Gilmore's suit, ruling that the doctrine of qualified immunity shielded the correctional officials in question from accountability in the events. (naacpldf.org)
  • The appellate brief filed by LDF and co-counsel argues that the district court erred in granting qualified immunity to the prison officials who conducted the search of Ms. Gilmore. (naacpldf.org)
  • The immunity deal covers Mugabe's numerous extended families, including his stepson and nephews, and may also include senior ruling party officials detained by the military or in hiding overseas. (financetwitter.com)
  • The Court granted two prison officials qualified immunity related to an inmate's suicide reasoning that no precedent at the time of the suicide established that an incarcerated person had a right to proper implementation of adequate suicide prevention protocols. (imla.org)
  • Qualified immunity protects government officials from such lawsuits where the law they violated isn't "clearly established. (imla.org)
  • It refused to grant the officials qualified immunity because the nurse may not have been adequately supervised as she was using an out-of-date screening form, wasn't qualified under current standards to conduct the screening, and didn't have access to Barkes's probation records which would have shed light on his mental health history. (imla.org)
  • The Supreme Court granted the officials qualified immunity noting that no Supreme Court precedent even discusses, much less grants, inmates a right to proper implementation of adequate suicide prevention protocols. (imla.org)
  • Officials from South Africa insisted that the broad offer of immunity that was published in the government gazette may not prevail over the ICC arrest warrant. (mamostv.tv)
  • The United States Supreme Court reversed the 10th Circuit's decision to deny qualified immunity. (lexipol.com)
  • The Supreme Court once again told trial and appellate courts to refrain from applying the "clearly established law" component of the qualified immunity analysis at "too high a level of generality. (lexipol.com)
  • Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity is a 2023 book written by social psychologist Sander van der Linden. (wikipedia.org)
  • Alexandra Gabriela Barros Ferreira defends her Ph.D. thesis "Restoring antitumor immunity with dendritic cell reprogramming strategies" on Friday, 17 November, 2023. (lu.se)
  • FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy to Pfizer RSVpreF Vaccine: Maternal Immunity Protects Infants! (medicaltrend.org)
  • Pfizer announced today that the U.S. FDA has granted a bivalent prefusion F subunit vaccine (RSVpreF) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD): for use in pregnant women, for active Immunization to prevent RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease (LRTI) in infants from birth to 6 months of age. (medicaltrend.org)
  • Today's FDA decision is a critical next step on the road to regulation of our maternal RSV vaccine candidate and our efforts to help address the harmful effects of RSV disease on infants," said Kathrin U. A major milestone in the development of the new mother-to-child immunity. (medicaltrend.org)
  • The Gates Foundation recently pro- potential public health impact of new TB vaccines in high- vided nearly $83 million in grants to boost TB vaccine incidence countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • Robust disease surveillance is a cornerstone of global health efforts that range from detecting emerging pathogens and epidemics to the control or elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases, HIV, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) ( http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/9789241564540/en/ ) ( 2 - 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Antibody response provides an objective and sensitive way to uncover immunization coverage gaps or waning immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases ( 5 - 7 ) and monitor a population's exposure to malaria ( 8 ), enteric pathogens ( 9 - 12 ), and many NTDs ( 13 - 17 ). (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 diagnosis, 2) vaccinated (14 days after completion was higher after the Delta variant became predominant, a time when of a primary COVID-19 vaccination series) with no previous vaccine-induced immunity for many persons declined because of COVID-19 diagnosis, 3) unvaccinated with a previous COVID-19 immune evasion and immunologic waning ( 2 , 5 , 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence has demonstrated sustained vaccine efficacy after a single 0.5ml dose for a period of up to 12 weeks (3 months), yet antibody concentrations declined by 34% through 90 days .2 Limited data is available on the duration of efficacy or rapidly waning immunity past 12 weeks, and a second dose has been shown to maintain high efficacy. (who.int)
  • I hereby recognize the immunities and privileges of the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr. Grace Mugabe," the minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, said in a notice published in South Africa's Government Gazette on Sunday. (alarabiya.net)
  • This is a standard conferment of immunities that we do for all international conferences and summits held in South Africa irrespective of the level of participation," South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said, as cited by Bloomberg on Tuesday (May 30). (bne.eu)
  • This is a standard conferment of immunities that we do for all international conferences and summits held in South Africa, irrespective of the level of participation," South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs announced. (hausatv.com)
  • In November 2018, the FDA granted Fast Track designation (FTD) for RSVpreF: prevention of RSV-related LRTI in infants through active immunization of pregnant women. (medicaltrend.org)
  • Early results suggest that specific cell mediated immunity can be induced by parenteral immunization of Hartley-guinea-pigs with isocyanate /protein conjugates emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant. (cdc.gov)
  • The opinion raises interesting questions about the government's one-sided use of immunity to obtain convictions and the near-impossibility of a defendant forcing the government to grant immunity to a defense witness. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • The foreign ministry stated that the government's notice about immunity, which was published on Monday, was standard procedure to safeguard the conference. (mamostv.tv)
  • The immunity law, buried in a state budget bill and passed without fanfare this spring, gave hospitals and nursing homes cover from possible lawsuits tied to the coronavirus crisis. (law.com)
  • Back in October, Wired 's Ryan Singel reported campaign donations to Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) from Verizon and AT&T execs skyrocketed around the same time that those same telephone companies were lobbying Congress for immunity from lawsuits for their participation in the NSA's spy program. (aclu.org)
  • The company is arguing that it should therefore be granted "foreign sovereign immunity," a longstanding legal doctrine that says that foreign governments should generally have immunity from suit in U.S. courts for reasons that focus on preserving stability in international relations, also called " comity . (eff.org)
  • The allegation that Nazario's free speech was violated was also tossed under the federal immunity doctrine. (yahoo.com)
  • The qualified immunity doctrine protects officers from federal civil rights liability unless the officer violated a right that was clearly established at the time. (lexipol.com)
  • The government notice about immunity has prompted speculations that Johannesburg is providing immunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin to pave the way for him to attend the summit despite an ICC arrest warrant. (hausatv.com)
  • Meadows testified before a grand jury empaneled to hear evidence in the case on at least three separate occasions, the outlet reported, doing so after being granted immunity. (krqe.com)
  • He was also not listed as an unindicted co-conspirator along with six others, fueling speculation that Meadows may have been granted immunity. (krqe.com)
  • Rockefeller is the chair of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, one of the committees that has jurisdiction over telecom immunity. (aclu.org)
  • This is the gazette of immunities we gazette each time we host an international conference or summit. (bne.eu)
  • The following are the current and planned grant calls for 2018. (org.ug)
  • The District Court denied defendants' motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity. (washthomas.com)
  • The Court explained that because defendants asserted qualified immunity in a motion to dismiss, the Court had to accept as true plaintiffs' allegation that their actions "did not cause substantial and material disruption of school operations. (washthomas.com)
  • We will not fund stand-alone, hypothesis-driven research projects which are eligible for MRC research or programme grant funding. (ukri.org)
  • But the summary judgment Tuesday said federal immunity laws shield the two officers involved from facing Caron Nazario's claims that they violated the Black and Hispanic soldier's constitutional protections against excessive force and unreasonable seizure, as well as his right to free speech by allegedly threatening him with arrest if he complained about their behavior. (yahoo.com)
  • The brief also argues that the correctional officers acted outside the scope of their expressly defined authority under Georgia state law, and therefore are ineligible for qualified immunity. (naacpldf.org)
  • Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, as the court must when deciding whether to apply qualified immunity on a motion for summary judgment, the court held that reasonable officers should have understood that their conduct would cause the Paulys to defend their home and that might prompt deadly force against Samuel Pauly. (lexipol.com)
  • White v. Pauly was a clear directive to lower courts to extend extreme deference to officers in the qualified immunity analysis. (lexipol.com)
  • In other words, unless the lower court can point to a controlling court precedent that precisely and clearly gives notice to officers of how to act, the court should grant qualified immunity. (lexipol.com)
  • Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik is fighting a subpoena for his testimony in coming trials, saying he would only do so if offered an immunity deal. (wytv.com)
  • They went even further with Mr. Combs, granting him use immunity for his testimony. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • Second, to supportInfection and Immunity researchers at all levels in Uganda to undertakeworld-class research by providing grants which support collaborativeinitiatives and short-term technical and professional training. (org.ug)
  • You can apply for a partnership grant to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers in the area of infections and immunity. (ukri.org)
  • The presidential immunity argument had been foreshadowed for weeks by defense lawyers as one of multiple challenges they intended to bring against the indictment. (wkrn.com)
  • 2008). In Straub , the Court held that a prosecutor might violate a defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights when she grants immunity to a government witness, yet refuses to do the same for a defense witness. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • All Members officially attending the Regional Committee in Tunis, as well as their alternates and advisers, will enjoy the privileges and immunities granted to Representatives at meetings convened by UN Specialized Agencies, which are set out in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. (who.int)
  • On the other hand, when enough people are vaccinated, he says, lethal diseases cannot spread and reach people who might be vulnerable - a phenomenon called community immunity. (texmed.org)
  • Each attorney is granted unlimited access to high quality, on-demand premium content from well-respected faculty in the legal industry along with administrative access to easily manage CLE for the entire team. (law.com)
  • As the coronavirus pandemic raged in New York earlier this year, state lawmakers quietly passed an immunity clause protecting hospitals and nursing homes from potential litigation. (law.com)
  • Besides granting the brutal dictator immunity, the military authorities in Zimbabwe has decided to give him a "generous pension" in addition to protection. (financetwitter.com)
  • Home Headlines Court grants Milingo Lungu leave to amend petition, purported revocation of. (lusakatimes.com)
  • The Constitutional Court of Zambia has granted Milingo Lungu leave to amend his original petition to include the decision made on 22nd December, 2022 by Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, Gilbert Andford Phiri to revoke his immunity agreement. (lusakatimes.com)
  • It added, however, the following: "Our holding, however, does not preclude the district court from granting qualified immunity in this case should the facts demonstrate that this is other than non-disruptive student-to-student speech. (washthomas.com)
  • The Court released its en banc opinion on September 27, 2011. (washthomas.com)
  • In contrast, on rehearing by the appellate court sitting en banc, 10th Circuit Court Judge Hartz observed in a dissenting opinion that no "clearly established law suggests … that an officer … who faces an occupant pointing a firearm in his direction must refrain from firing his weapon but, rather, must identify himself and shout a warning while pinned down, kneeling behind a rock wall. (lexipol.com)
  • In addressing this question, the Court should consider the Constitution's text, structure, and original meaning, historical practice, the Court's precedents and immunity doctrines, and considerations of public policy," they wrote. (wkrn.com)
  • Italy's government on Monday granted Italian citizenship to an eight-month-old terminally ill British girl after a court in Britain upheld rulings authorizing the withdrawal of life-supporting invasive treatment. (keloland.com)
  • ROME (AP) - An 8-month-old terminally ill British girl was granted Italian citizenship Monday after a court in Britain upheld rulings authorizing the withdrawal of life-supporting invasive treatment. (keloland.com)
  • However, if she refuses to answer questions on the witness stand after being given immunity, Nice could be held in contempt of court. (latimes.com)
  • The court dismissed that claim based on the DTSA whistleblower immunity provision finding that providing otherwise confidential information to an attorney in a litigation was a protected act under the law. (ebglaw.com)
  • The district court denied Wilkes' request, saying that it could only compel the government to grant use immunity if there was a showing of prosecutorial misconduct. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • DIRCO spokesperson Clayson Monyela told News24 , a local publication, that the declaration of immunity was procedural and had nothing to do with the Russian president. (bne.eu)
  • The evidentiary hearing will run about a week, after which the judge will decide within 90 days whether to grant Peterson a new trial. (latimes.com)
  • Pretoria said in a government gazette published on Monday (May 29) such immunity is routinely granted ahead of key events and is not meant to shield anyone in particular. (bne.eu)
  • A juror in Scott Peterson's two-decade-old murder trial will be granted immunity before testifying at a hearing that could determine whether a new trial is granted, authorities said. (latimes.com)
  • People in the U.S. as well as other developed nations take for granted that we have vaccines so readily available considering the journey and sacrifices families overseas must make to get their children vaccinated. (cdc.gov)
  • The vaccines were also granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for children aged 6 months through 11 years. (medscape.com)
  • It probably goes without saying but use immunity is a powerful incentive to get a witness to talk. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • Renewal of Licenses Granted by State Agencies. (in.gov)
  • A foreign official's home country may waive immunity, typically in the event that they are involved in some manner in a serious crime unrelated to their diplomatic role (as opposed to, for example, allegations of spying ). (wikipedia.org)
  • Use immunity is not as broad as transactional (sometimes called "blanket" or "full" or "total") immunity, but it's a pretty sweet deal for someone facing serious charges. (kmlawfirm.com)
  • During the week beginning May 30, the virus and immunity levels change. (cdc.gov)
  • Partnership grants are expected to support these research areas, although research itself is not supported through this route. (ukri.org)
  • The grant will be used to help support the local food system in the Riverview Road neighborhood in alignment with the Columbus and Franklin County local food action plan. (nbc4i.com)
  • EFF supports WhatsApp's arguments that foreign sovereign immunity is inappropriate for private corporations, and submitted our brief to further argue that no corporation, whether foreign or American, should be granted immunity for contracting with foreign governments, especially when those governments use a company's powerful surveillance technology to violate human rights. (eff.org)
  • We will now take the decision on review and to see if we can have the immunity revoked," its legal affairs spokesman Willie Spies said. (alarabiya.net)