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In the Vienna Convention, nothing is mentioned about the asylum issue. Asylumĭiplomatic asylum is commonly defined as “the privilege of the ambassador’s personal inviolability to his dwellings” (Den Heijer 401). Thus, a diplomat can enjoy total personal freedom as well as freedom from the restrictions in his/her work. The personal inviolability is valid on the territory of the state throughout the diplomat’s functioning. Any act of violence directed at the diplomacy representative is regarded as an action against the state itself. Therefore, the diplomats are granted with the personal inviolability that guarantees the security from the arrest or persecution (Paksas 98). Members of the diplomatic agency cannot fulfill their functions while obeying the governments of the receiving states. Therefore, diplomatic immunity is functional – it is limited by the scope of diplomatic functioning. The immunity is regarded as valid only in the case when a diplomat is on the official mission in a foreign country and has an official accreditation. The immunities guarantee exemption from jurisdiction and from “all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal” (“The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations” 1074). The immunities are granted to the Heads of the States, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the heads of other higher governmental institutions during the time of their official stay at the foreign territories.
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