Diplomatic Immunity
Diplomatic Immunity in Diplomatic Law
Diplomatic Immunity
Exemption of foreign diplomatic agents or representatives from local jurisdiction. Also seeÊDiplomaticÊImmunity.
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Further Reading
- Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, Ivor Roberts
- Modern Diplomacy, R.P. Barnston
Diplomatic immunity in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of diplomatic immunity.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- diplomatic immunity in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- diplomatic immunity in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Definition of Diplomatic Immunity
In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Diplomatic Immunity : The freedom from legal proceedings in the UK that is granted to members of diplomatic missions of foreign states by the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964. This Act incorporates some of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), which governs diplomatic immunity in international law. The extent of the immunity depends upon the status of the member in question, as certified by the Secretary of State. If he is a member of the mission’s diplomatic staff, he is entitled to complete criminal immunity and to civil immunity except for actions relating to certain private activities. A member of the administrative or technical staff has full criminal immunity, but his civil immunity relates only to acts performed in the course of his official duties. For domestic staff, both criminal and civil immunity are restricted to official duties.
Similar immunities are granted to members of Commonwealth missions by the Diplomatic and other Privileges Act 1971, and to members of certain international bodies under the International Organisations Acts 1968 and 1981. Under the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, the Secretary of State may remove diplomatic status from diplomatic or consular premises that are being misused.
Hierarchical Display of Diplomatic immunity
International Relations > International affairs > International affairs > Diplomatic relations > Diplomatic representation
Law > International law > Public international law > Territorial law > Extra-territoriality
Meaning of Diplomatic immunity
Overview and more information about Diplomatic immunity
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Translation of Diplomatic immunity
- Spanish: Inmunidad diplomática
- French: Immunité diplomatique
- German: Diplomatische Immunität
- Italian: Immunità diplomatica
- Portuguese: Imunidade diplomática
- Polish: Immunitet dyplomatyczny
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