Diplomatic Immunity from Criminal Jurisdiction and its Abuse: A Critical Perspective

Abstract

The rules regarding diplomatic relation are one of the earliest expressions of international law which exists to establish and maintain communication between States in order to achieve commercial, political, and legal objectives. Diplomatic immunity is one of the casual practices whereby diplomats are exempted from various legal obligations considering their Junctions and honoring their status. Unfortunately, this Is frequently observed that due to misinterpretation and failure to realize the true spirit of immunity, they do misuse or abuse those immunities specially the absolute immunity from criminal jurisdiction. Taking into account the importance of diplomatic immunity, this write up beginning focuses on the meaning, historical evaluation and basis of immunity. And then the write up critically analyse the present immunity feature and practical scenario of abuse of immunity. Finally it focuses on the point of remission and prevention of immunity within the contemporary scheme of international diplomatic law.