What is Diplomatic Immunity?

Diplomatic Immunity is one of the rare concepts in International Law which has managed to sneak into the public consciousness through movies and TV series. While most people have heard about the existence of diplomatic immunity, it is very rarely explained in a comprehensive manner.

This video is supposed to give you a basic understanding of diplomatic immunity: Its historic origins tracing back to antiquity to the modern understanding of the concept, including a short overview of the most important legal aspects with some examples.
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Music:

Bourree (by Joel Cummins)
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Timestamps:

0:00​ Introduction
0:39 History
2:39 International Conventions
2:56 Who gets Diplomatic Immunity?
3:42 Functional immunity
4:35 Personal Immunity
5:25 Misuse of Diplomatic Immunity
6:08 Options for dealing with a Diplomat
7:50 Diplomatic vehicles, homes & embassies
8:36 Diplomatic Bag
9:34 Outro
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Sources:

Anders Henriksen (2019) International Law

Markus Krajewski (2017) International Law

Stefan Kadelbach (2013) Zwingendes Völkerrecht

Encyclopædia Britannica (2021) Diplomatic Immunity: https://www.britannica.com/topic/diplomatic-immunity

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf

Vienna Convention on consular relations (1963) https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_2_1963.pdf

Convention on Special Missions (1969) https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_3_1969.pdf

convention on the prevention, prosecution and punishment of crimes against persons protected under international law, including diplomats (1973) https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_4_1973.pdf

convention on the representation of states in their relations with international organisations (1975) https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/5_1_1975.pdf

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