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Article 46 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 46 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Exemption from registration of aliens and residence permits 1.Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all obligations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. […]

Article 45 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 45 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Waiver of privileges and immunities 1.The sending State may waive, with regard to a member of the consular post, any of the privileges and immunities provided for in articles 41, 43 and 44. 2.The waiver shall in all cases be express, except as provided in paragraph 3 of […]

Article 44 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 44 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Liability to give evidence 1.Members of a consular post may be called upon to attend as witnesses in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings. A consular employee or a member of the service staff shall not, except in the cases mentioned in paragraph 3 of this article, […]

Article 43 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 43 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Immunity from jurisdiction 1.Consular officers and consular employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving State in respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions. 2.The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall not, however, apply […]

Article 42 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 42 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Notification of arrest, detention or prosecution In the event of the arrest or detention, pending trial, of a member of the consular staff, or of criminal proceedings being instituted against him, the receiving State shall promptly notify the head of the consular post. Should the latter be himself […]

Article 41 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 41 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Personal inviolability of consular officers 1.Consular officers shall not be liable to arrest or detention pending trial, except in the case of a grave crime and pursuant to a decision by the competent judicial authority. 2.Except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this article, consular officers […]

Article 40 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 40 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Protection of consular officers The receiving State shall treat consular officers with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on their person, freedom or dignity. See also: Article 39 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Preamble Chicago Convention (Convention on International Civil Aviation)

Preamble Chicago Convention WHEREAS the future development of international civil aviation can greatly help to create and preserve friendship and understanding among the nations and peoples of the world, yet its abuse can become a threat to the generalsecurity; and WHEREAS it is desirable to avoid friction and to promote that cooperation between nations and […]