Questions About Diplomatic Immunity

Donna asks…

diplomatic immunity?

I asked this question back and i got a stupid answer from some moron, so i need serious answers again. can a person with diplomatic immunity, and driving a car with diplomatic license plates be issued a speeding ticket by a cop, or is he/she immune to that

admin answers:

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 lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws (although they can be expelled). It was agreed as international law in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), though there is a much longer history in international law. Many principles of diplomatic immunity are now considered to be customary law.

SO TO ANSWER YOU QUESTION THEY CAN BE GIVEN A TICKET FOR SPEEDING (YES), BUT AT THE SAME TIME WILL THEY PAY FOR IT OR EVEN SHOW UP FOR THE COURT DATE (NO WAY).

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A HIGHWAY PATROL AND HE GAVE A VEHICLE A TICKET FOR GOING 110MPH IN A 70MPH AREA.

HE SAW THAT THE PLATE WAS A DIPLOMAT PLATE BUT GAVE IT TO THEM BECAUSE OF SAFETY REASONS.

BY TIME HE WENT BACK TO THE HOME STATION HE GOT HIS BUTT REAMED OUT FOR DOING THIS, SO THE TRUE ANSWER WOULD BE (NO).

Charles asks…

Diplomatic immunity?

Does Diplomatic immunity protect an individual from being arrested if they murder someone?

admin answers:

Diplomatic immunity is there to protect a foreign government's representatives from being tried for laws that they are not familiar with. Most of the time if their government has the same law they will be made to stand trial.

George asks…

Diplomatic Immunity...?

Would the son of a diplomat of 17-18 years of age get diplomatic immunity?

admin answers:

If his father has it and the son is living with the father in the same country, he certainly should. Neither the son nor the father would have it in any other country, only in the country where the father is serving as a diplomat.

Lisa asks…

What are the limits of diplomatic immunity?

In the United States, are there any crimes that a person with diplomatic immunity can be charged and prosecuted in the United States for?

admin answers:

Diplomatic immunity is actually the privilege of the sending country, rather than the diplomat. This is spelled out in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, to which the U.S. Is a signatory.

Without a waiver from the host nation, the diplomat is completely immune to the criminal justice system of the United States.

Article 31 of the convention says, "[a] diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State."

He can't even be arrested.

Article 29 says: "The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention."

In actual practice, however, a sufficiently egregious offense may motivate the diplomat's home nation to waive immunity.

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