0 the special rights that diplomats have while working in a country that is not their own, such as freedom from legal action:
Without enjoying diplomatic immunity and often endangering themselves and their families, they undertook a huge effort in the area of human-rights preservation.
This level of protection or shelter under diplomatic immunity did not exist for the majority of the individuals escaping from repression.
Diplomatic immunity is granted on a reciprocal basis and has good reason behind it.
But diplomatic immunity attaches to the person of the diplomat and not to any vehicle.
The custom of diplomatic immunity is very old and very necessary.
However, it is true that for on-duty offences and accidents there will still be cases in which diplomatic immunity can be and will be claimed.
Because it was thought right to form a governmental international organisation, the people involved in its activities are accorded some form of diplomatic immunity.
There is certainly no reason why one should have diplomatic immunity and the next one should be excluded.
