Practice question
Does foreign nationality alone confer diplomatic immunity from Philippine criminal jurisdiction?
- Yes, on every foreign visitor.
- Yes, whenever a person has a foreign employer.
- No; the relevant protected status and applicable immunity rules must be established.
- Yes, if the person stays fewer than thirty days.
- No foreign national can ever enjoy any immunity.
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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