Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium)

ICJ Reports 2002, p. 3 · International Court of Justice

An incumbent Minister for Foreign Affairs enjoys full immunity from foreign criminal jurisdiction while in office.

From topic

Diplomatic and consular immunities — Unit IV, Public International Law.

Related sections:

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, 22 — Inviolability of the mission premises
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, 29 — Person of the diplomatic agent inviolable
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, 31 — Immunity from criminal jurisdiction
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, 36 — Communication with nationals