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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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It allows diplomats safe passage and freedom of travel in a host country and affords almost total protection from local lawsuits and prosecution.
Others have argued that the pandemic is unlikely to lead to significant changes in the international system. [4] Diplomatic relations have been affected due to tensions around trade and transport of medicines, diagnostic tests, vaccines and hospital equipment related to mitigating the impact of COVID-19.
Immunity from search and confiscation of any property and assets owned (unless immunity is waived) Exemption from any internal-revenue taxes imposed; Free from baggage search and any other procedures related to customs duties; Employees and officers of international organizations designated under the Act also receive benefits.
The Great Barrington Declaration is an open letter published in October 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. [1] [2] It claimed that COVID-19 lockdowns could be avoided via the fringe notion of "focused protection", by which those most at risk of dying from an infection could purportedly be kept safe while society otherwise took no steps to prevent infection.
Consular immunity privileges are described in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 (VCCR). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Consular immunity offers protections similar to diplomatic immunity , but these protections are not as extensive, given the functional differences between consular and diplomatic officers.
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A United Nations laissez-passer (UNLP or LP) is a diplomatic travel document issued by the United Nations under the provisions of Article VII of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations [1] in its offices in New York City and Geneva, as well as by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The most fundamental rule of diplomatic law is that the person of a diplomatic agent is inviolable. [2] Diplomats may not be detained or arrested, and enjoy complete immunity from criminal prosecution in the receiving state, although there is no immunity from the jurisdiction of the sending state. [3]