Diplomats at the UN enjoyed diplomatic immunity from prosecution for parking violations until 2002.
The Pakistani embassy refused to agree to a Nepalese request to waive Mr Saboor's diplomatic immunity.
Hillary Clinton is incredibly popular right now in part because she's had diplomatic immunity for the past four years.
After losing his re-election bid, Sarkozy "was going to lose his diplomatic immunity, " opening him up to potential prosecution.
Mr. Mancini's lawyer, Mukul Rohatgi, brought the issue of diplomatic immunity to the attention of the court on Monday.
Like diplomatic immunity, it was thought necessary to allow nations to deal with each other free of legal harassment.
London's move against Pinochet was not the culmination of any carefully thought-out ideas to revise centuries-old traditions of diplomatic immunity.
Protected by diplomatic immunity, he remains an urbane presence at the U.N.
It's unclear whether the court's move to restrict the ambassador's freedom of movement goes against India's commitments under international law on diplomatic immunity.
It isn't clear whether the court's move to restrict the ambassador's freedom of movement goes against India's commitments under international law on diplomatic immunity.
The judge has adjourned Ms Hussein's trial until September to reassess whether she should indeed benefit from diplomatic immunity, despite having quit her job.
And we continue to be focused on a resolution that results in Pakistan honoring the diplomatic immunity status of the individual and his return home.
Some of Mr Kagame's intelligence officers had been implicated in an earlier attempt to kill Mr Sendashonga, but the main suspect was granted diplomatic immunity.
Its representatives will enjoy diplomatic immunity just like diplomats from states.
As we neared our deadline Sunday, we heard different views on whether Mr. Strauss-Kahn has diplomatic immunity because he works for an international organization headquartered in Washington.
It issued a travel ban on the ambassador, a move that angered Italy and the European Union, who say the order contravened international law on diplomatic immunity.
Mr Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said that although foreign diplomats have diplomatic immunity, "they have to observe the country's regulations".
It also issued a travel ban on the ambassador, a move that angered Italy and the European Union, who say the order contravened international law on diplomatic immunity.
The necessary business of Realpolitik would be protected by the rules of diplomatic immunity (which Britain says the general did not enjoy) that exist for expressly that purpose.
There are exceptions to diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention.
Despite U.S. claims of diplomatic immunity because of Davis' employment at the U.S. consulate in Lahore, he landed in jail, charged with a double murder and illegal weapons possession.
"Those embassies that flout the law of this country and misuse diplomatic immunity to avoid the charge are enjoying the benefits of reduced congestion but contributing nothing, " said a spokesman.
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The court reacted by issuing a travel ban on Mr. Mancini, a move that led to howls of protest from Italy and the European Union as being against norms of diplomatic immunity.
The lawyers argued that he enjoyed immunity from legal action similar to diplomatic immunity afforded international civil servants based on conventions accepted by 118 nations and rules adopted by the IMF itself.
Nine days later, the judge Richard Adjei Frimpong dismissed a motion by the Argentine state to free the vessel on the grounds that it counted with diplomatic immunity, according to AFP.
After Italy said it wouldn't be returning the marines, India's Supreme Court slapped a travel ban on Mr. Mancini, a move that Italy and the European Union said violated norms of diplomatic immunity.
Though part of the problem may lie in the wording of the Vienna Convention, which one of the world's leading authorities on diplomatic immunity, Professor Eileen Denza, describes as " not exactly a model of clarity".
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The court reacted to their failure to return by issuing a travel ban on Mr. Mancini, a move that led to howls of protest from Italy and the European Union as being against norms of diplomatic immunity.
The Swedes have begun forging bilateral pacts with other nations to allow diplomatic spouses to seek outside employment (many countries traditionally banned embassy spouses from working, partly because it is tricky doing business with people who hold diplomatic immunity).
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