Diplomatic Immunity Under International Law

Waiver must always be express and can be done by the sending State.

The diplomatic agent cannot invoke immunity from jurisdiction in respect of any counterclaim directly connected with the principal claim.

Diplomatic agents are exempt from social security provisions in the receiving State, but this exemption does not apply to the execution of a judgment.

<p>They must not be nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State, and they must be covered by social security provisions in the sending State or a third State.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The diplomatic agent must observe the obligations imposed by the social security provisions of the receiving State on employers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, it does not, as long as such participation is permitted by the receiving State.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal, except for certain types of taxes and dues mentioned in the article.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diplomatic agents are not exempt from dues and taxes on private immovable property unless they hold it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All personal services, public services of any kind, and military obligations such as requisitioning, military contributions, and billeting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Articles for the official use of the mission and articles for the personal use of a diplomatic agent or members of his family forming part of his household.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When there are serious grounds for presuming that it contains articles not covered by the exemptions mentioned in Article 36, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the receiving State.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The inspection must be conducted only in the presence of the diplomatic agent.</p> Signup and view all the answers