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ACTORS EXERCISING DIPLOMACY

Diplomatic and Consular Law. ACTORS EXERCISING DIPLOMACY . A) General State Authorities - Head of State, Head of Government , Minister of FA - diplomatic agents , consular officers - other representatives B) International Agents and Officers

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ACTORS EXERCISING DIPLOMACY

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  1. Diplomatic and ConsularLaw ACTORS EXERCISING DIPLOMACY

  2. A) General State Authorities - Headof State, HeadofGovernment, Minister of FA - diplomaticagents, consularofficers - otherrepresentatives • B) InternationalAgents and Officers - workingwithininternationalorganization - exercisingfunctionforinternationalorganization Actorsexercisingdiplomaticaction

  3. - considered to bethecustomarylaw • - followingpersonsasrepresenting a state: • a) Headof State • b) HeadofGovernment • c) Minister ofForeignAffairs (allthree are entitled to sign and concludetreaty) • d) headsofmissions • e) otherrepresentativesof a state to an IC/IO (thoseonesneedfullpowers to sign and conclude) Article 7 of VCLT (1969)

  4. - privileges and immunitieswereformed by customarylaw - immunityfrom - criminaljurisdiction(absolute) - civil jurisdiction(relative) - administrativejurisdiction Headof state extentofimmunities

  5. personalinviolability inviolabilityofresidence, property exemptionfromcustomduty hisspouse and closefamilymembers immunitycanbewaived by the state Headof state Extentofimmunities

  6. - generally : duringhisoffice - continuingimmunity(only: actswithinofficialcapacity) - continuingprivileges(on thebasisofcourtesy) Headof state durationofimmunities

  7. - universaljurisdiction to becarriedout by a foreign state cannotbeappliedduringhis function(analogy to ArrestWarrantCase- Congo v. Belgium, ICJ 2002) • - forancientheadof state – questionable (PinochetCase, 1998) • - jurisdictionofinternationaltribunalsistheonly possible(Art 7 para. 2 ofthe ICTY Statute; ArrestWarrantfor M. Gaddafi, ICC) Headof state ishisimmunityvalid in thecaseofcommittinginternationalcrime ?

  8. - collective body offoreigndiplomatsaccredited to a particular country (headsofmissions, highcommissioners, etc.) - assemble in thecaseofcoronation, inauguration, nationaldaysetc. - dean (doyen) isthechief (principleofseniority/ apostolicnuncio) Diplomatic body (CorpsDiplomatique)

  9. A) within CD :1) dean 2) headsofmissions(according to seniority) - exception: Netherlands (Presidentofthe ICJ) • B) within UN: betweenofficials: betweenMemberStates: 1) Presidentof GA - one country chosen by lot 2) SG eachyear (firstseat to theleft) 3) Chairmanof SC - the rest – alphabeticalorder 4) Chairmanof ECOSOC (English), fromleft to right 5) Vice-presidents DiplomaticPrecedence

  10. (Rules on DiplomaticProtocole, 2007, issued by MFA) 1) Presidentofthe SR 2) ChairmanoftheNationalCouncil 3) Prime Minister 4) ChairmanoftheConstitutionalCourt 5) formerpresidents 6) Vice-chairmenoftheNationalCouncil 7) Vice-chairmenoftheGovernment 8) Vice-chairmenoftheConstitutionalCourt 9) GeneralProsecutor Diplomaticprecedencepracticeofslovakrepublic

  11. Thankyouforyourattention. Dr. Michaela RIŠOVÁ ComeniusUniversity in Bratislava 2011/2012 michaela.risova@flaw.uniba.sk

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