Chapter 6 Diplomatic and Consular Privileges and Immunities

Chapter 6 Diplomatic and Consular Privileges and Immunities Kanya Hirunwattanapong Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University November 2015 Kanya Hirunwattanapong, Faculty of Law, CMU, November 2015

Italy has become the latest country to expel a North Korean ambassador, saying that isolation was “inevitable” if Pyongyang continued to push ahead with its nuclear weapons program. 1 st October 2017 Italy’s foreign minister, said the North Korean ambassador in Rome, Mun Jong Nam, had been ordered to leave. Italy becomes the fifth country to expel a North Korean ambassador, following in the footsteps of Spain, Mexico, Peru and Kuwait. A United Nations Security Council resolution passed late last year required member states to reduce the number of staff at North Korean diplomatic missions and consular posts, and to limit the number of bank accounts to one per diplomatic mission and one per diplomat. Kanya Hirunwattanapong, Faculty of Law, CMU, November 2015

Member of the diplomatic staff – in principle should be of the nationality of the sending state (Article 8); not the nationality of the receiving state except with the consent; The head of the mission – considered being taken up – when he has presented the credentials or when he has notified his arrival and a true copy of his credentials has been presented to the Ministry of FA (Article 13); Heads of the mission – 3 classes, namely: (a) ambassador or nuncio (an ecclesiastical diplomat) accredited to Head of State; (b) envoys, ministers and internuncios accredited to Head of State; (c) charge d affaires accredited to Ministries of Foreign Affairs (Article 14) The mission and its head shall have the right to use the flag and emblem (Article 20) Kanya Hirunwattanapong, Faculty of Law, CMU, November 2015