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Diplomatic Immunity

Definition: Diplomatic Immunity

Diplomatic Immunity

Noun

1. Exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Diplomatic Immunity

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Acquittal

Impunity; diplomatic immunity; immunity; plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Specialty Definition: Diplomatic immunity

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments, which ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to suit under the host country's laws (although they can be expelled as undesirable - persona non grata). It was agreed as international law in Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961). It is possible for the offical's home country to waive immunity; this tends to only happen when the individual has committed a serious crime, unconnected with their diplomatic role (as opposed, to, say, allegations of spying), or has witnessed such a crime. Alternatively the home country may prosecute the individual.

Diplomatic and Consular Privileges and Immunities From Criminal Jurisdiction

Summary of Law Enforcement Aspects

Category May Be Arrested or Detained Residence May Be Entered Subject to Ordinary Procedures May Be Issued Traffic Citation May Be Subpoenaed as Witness May Be Prosecuted Recognized Family Member
Diplomatic Diplomatic Agent No1NoYesNoNo Same as sponsor (full immunity and inviolability)
Member of Administrative and Technical Staff No1NoYesNoNo Same as sponsor (full immunity and inviolability)
Service Staff Yes2YesYesYes No, for official acts. Otherwise, yes2 No immunity or inviolability2
Consular Career Consular Officers Yes, if for a felony and pursuant to a warrant.2 Yes4Yes No, for official acts. Testimony may not be compelled in any case. No, for official acts. Otherwise, yes3 No immunity or inviolability2
Honorary Consular Officers YesYesYes No, for official acts. Yes, in all other cases No, for official acts. Otherwise, yes No immunity or inviolability
Consular Employees Yes2YesYes No, for official acts. Yes, in all other cases No, for official acts. Otherwise, yes2 No immunity or inviolability2
International Organizations International Organization Staff3 Yes3Yes3Yes No, for official acts. Yes, in all other cases No, for official acts. Otherwise, yes3 No immunity or inviolability2
Diplomatic-Level Staff of Missions to International Organizations No1NoYesNoNo Same as sponsor (full immunity and inviolability)
Support Staff of Missions to International Organizations YesYesYes No, for official acts. Yes, in all other cases No, for official acts. Otherwise, yes No immunity or inviolability

1Reasonable constraints, however, may be applied in emergency circumstances involving self-defense, public safety, or the prevention of serious criminal acts.

2This table presents general rules. Particularly in the cases indicated, the employees of certain foreign countries may enjoy higher levels of privileges and immunities on the basis of special bilateral agreements.

3A small number of senior officers are entitled to be treated identically to “diplomatic agents.”

4Note that consular residences are sometimes located within the official consular premises. In such cases, only the official office space is protected from police entry.

This chart is copied from the US State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security Web site, http://ds.state.gov/dipimmunities/dichart.pdf.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diplomatic immunity."

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Modern Usage: Diplomatic Immunity

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Just like the bad guy from Lethal Weapon 2, I've got diplomatic immunity, so Hammer, you cant sue. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

Diplomatic immunity! (Lethal Weapon 2; writing credit: Shane Black;)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Diplomatic Immunity

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Diplomatic Immunity

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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146

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37

diplomatic immunity lyrics

31

cd diplomatic immunity

7

camron diplomatic immunity

6

cam diplomatic immunity ron

5

album diplomatic immunity

5

diplomat diplomatic immunity lyrics

2

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2

cameron diplomatic immunity

2

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2

convention diplomatic immunity vienna

2

diplomatic immunity listing track

2

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2

abuse diplomatic immunity

2
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Modern Translations: Diplomatic Immunity

Language Translations for "diplomatic immunity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

paprekshmëri diplomatike. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حصانة دبلوماسية (immunity). (various references)

   

Czech

  

diplomatická imunita. (various references)

   

French

  

immunité diplomatique. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

免責特権 , 外交特権 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

がい"うとっけ", め"せきとっけ". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iplomaticday immunityay

   

Portuguese

  

imunidade diplomática. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ley que defende el diplomático, inmunidad diplomática. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Diplomatic Immunity


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 70 6C 6F 6D 61 74 69 63      49 6D 6D 75 6E 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01110000 01101100 01101111 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01001001 01101101 01101101 01110101 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#112 &#108 &#111 &#109 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#73 &#109 &#109 &#117 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0070 006C 006F 006D 0061 0074 0069 0063      0049 006D 006D 0075 006E 0069 0074 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3875827881796786756924379798780758691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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