FG HEMISPHERE ASSOCIATES V. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. [2011] 14 H.K.C.F.A.R. 395.

The article discusses the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's determination in the 2011 case FG Hemisphere Associates v. Democratic Republic of Congo that sovereign states enjoy absolute immunity in the courts of Hong Kong which cannot be waived in predispute contractual documents. Public international law and international commercial arbitration cases are mentioned, along with the New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.