A group of international law scholars, experts on the law of immunity, including Glasgow Centre for International Law & Security Fellow Eleni Methymaki, Lecturer in International Law at University of Glasgow School of Law, have filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Exxon Mobil Corp. v Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba) et al.
Submitted in support of Respondents, the brief argues that the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the Helms-Burton Act 1996 and its Title III did not implicitly override the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act 1976 is in line with customary international law and should be affirmed. The case is set for argument on 23 February 2026. The amicus curiae brief can be accessed here.
