US District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan ruled that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has absolute immunity from the lawsuit because it is a subsidiary of the United Nations.
She cited United Nations lawyers who stated that subsidiaries like UNRWA, despite having considerable autonomy, are not completely independent because their parent entities can alter their structures or close them.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini and several current and former agency officials were also named as defendants in the case.
Plaintiffs included more than 100 individuals who survived the attack or had relatives who were killed.
Several countries, including the United States, suspended funding to UNRWA after Israel alleged that some agency staff members were involved in the October 7 attack.
The Trump administration reversed that position on April 24, stating the defendants must answer these allegations in American courts.
Established in 1949, UNRWA provides schooling, healthcare and humanitarian aid in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
The case is Estate of Kedem et al v United Nations Relief and Works Agency et al, US District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 24-04765. – Reuters
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