Practice question
A covered ordinary UN official invokes section 18(a) as the sole basis for immunity in a lawsuit arising entirely from a private business venture unrelated to UN functions. No additional immunity instrument or special status applies. What is the best conclusion?
- Every UN employee is absolutely immune in all private business matters.
- The official's private conduct is necessarily an act of every member State.
- The immunity is supplied by the claimant's nationality.
- Section 18(a) automatically extends to all business associates.
- The stipulated private venture falls outside section 18(a)'s official-capacity protection.
Legal references
- Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1946), Articles I, II and V, sections 1–3, 18–21, https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/36/12697
- Westfall v. Locsin, G.R. No. 250763, 16 April 2024, main decision, https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69605
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