الحصانة الجنائية للمبعوثين الدبلوماسيين بين ضرورة الوظيفة الدبلوماسية و خطورة الإفلات من العقاب

Abstract EN

The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations has recognized the diplomatic envoys with criminal judicial immunity in the countries in which they are accredited, in order to perform their duties in them freely, free from all the harassment to which they may be subjected.

So that this immunity guarantees them olute exemption from subject to criminal jurisdiction in those countries, unless their countries waive that immunity.

As for the statute of the International Criminal Court, they did not recognize this immunity as an obstacle preventing the court from pursuing them if they committed crimes within its jurisdiction.

However, their arrest and extradition remains subject to the cooperation of the state in which they are present, and they enjoy facing judicial immunity under the Vienna Convention, which may give them an opportunity to escape punishment.