Practice question
The sending State refuses for a reasonable period to recall a duly notified persona-non-grata diplomat or terminate the functions. The receiving State invokes Article 9(2). Which response does that paragraph authorize?
- Refusal to recognize the person as a mission member
- Automatic criminal conviction without trial
- Automatic confiscation of all embassy archives
- A private bounty for kidnapping
- A unilateral annexation of the sending State
Legal references
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf; Articles 9,41,45.
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