consular immunity

Without consular immunity, he would be vulnerable to his enemies there.

The sending state must recall this person within a reasonable period of time, or otherwise this person may lose their consular immunity.

With consular immunity or technical immunity, you are only immune for those acts that are directly connected with your job.

Consular immunity offers protections similar to diplomatic immunity, but these protections are not as extensive, given the functional differences between consular and diplomatic officers.

Consular immunity privileges are described in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 (VCCR).

His first, panicky thought was that the consular immunity would remove the hold he had over the man, but he dismissed that as soon as he thought of it.

Those individuals, he said, have what is known as consular immunity, which is generally similar to observer immunity except that civil actions against foreign consuls and vice consuls can be brought only in a Federal court.

While a consul is not a diplomat, they work out of the same premises, and under this treaty they are afforded most of the same privileges, including a variation of diplomatic immunity called consular immunity.

Immunities and privileges for consuls and accredited staff of consulates (consular immunity) are generally limited to actions undertaken in their official capacity and, with respect to the consulate itself, to those required for official duties.

Israel renewed its request for consular immunity for its weapons-buying office last spring after the Justice Department informed the Israeli Government in writing that there was insufficient evidence for criminal prosecution in both cases, a State Department official said.

Instead, they have a lower form of accreditation called consular immunity, under which Mexican authorities would be required to turn an agent accused of a serious crime over to the custody of American officials, but could prosecute him and imprison him if convicted.

In deciding that the city could move against the consular cars, city officials said they were relying, among other things, on a 1998 State Department briefing paper, "Diplomatic and Consular Immunity: Guidance for Law Enforcement and Judicial Authorities."

Formally the consular career (ranking in descending order: consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent; equivalents with consular immunity limited to official acts only include honorary consul-general, honorary consul, and honorary vice-consul) forms a separate hierarchy.

In 50 BC, at his Proconsular term's expiry, the Senate forbade Caesar's standing for election in absentia for a second consulship and because of this, Caesar thought he would be prosecuted and rendered politically marginal if he entered Rome without consular immunity or his army.