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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. [1]
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 is an international treaty that defines a framework for diplomatic relations between independent countries. [2] Its aim is to facilitate "the development of friendly relations" among governments through a uniform set of practices and principles; [3] most notably, it codifies the longstanding custom of diplomatic immunity, in which ...
The convention (Article 43) [2] provides for consular immunity. Some but not all provisions in the Convention regarding this immunity reflect customary international law. [4] Consular immunity is a lesser form of diplomatic immunity. Consular officers and consular employees have "functional immunity" (i.e., immunity from the jurisdiction of the ...
The Diplomatic Immunities (Conferences with Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that extended diplomatic immunity to representatives of British Dominions and the Republic of Ireland. It was repealed by the International Organisations Act 1981. [1]
Sovereign immunity; others, see Immunity#Law; in U.S. law, see for example: in the U.S. constitution, the Privileges and Immunities Clause (to be distinguished from the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment) Sovereign immunity in the United States; privileges and immunities granted by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
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In the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War, many Russian diplomats and embassy officials were declared personae non gratae by countries around the world in 2022, and many foreign diplomats were also formally asked to leave Russia after their accreditation was cancelled.