Practice question
A protected diplomatic agent claims that receiving-state criminal immunity means a legal entitlement to disregard Philippine laws and complete exemption from the sending State’s jurisdiction. Which is correct under the Convention?
- Both assertions necessarily follow from immunity.
- Only the agent decides whether any law exists.
- Immunity makes all conduct lawful.
- The Convention preserves the duty to respect receiving-state laws and states that receiving-state immunity does not exempt the agent from sending-state jurisdiction.
- Every diplomatic agent is automatically a Philippine citizen.
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 14, generality of penal and public-security laws: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Revised Penal Code, Act No. 3815, specified articles, as amended: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426; Article 2.
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Articles 29–32 and 41, United Nations treaty text: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf
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