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THE ABUSE OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES: (HMSO)

01 January 1991

THE ABUSE OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES: (HMSO)
refdoc July=1991

REPORT WITH AN ANNEX: TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMITTEE: MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN ON 20 JUNE AND 2 AND 18
JULY IN THE LAST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT: AND APPENDICES
BOOKS/PAMPHLETS User Ref = P56915
House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
HMSO, Dec 1984 li, 94pp (127) RP56915A

Outlines the principles of diplomatic law and the operation
of the Vienna Convention . Looks at abuse of the diplomatic
bag, personal criminal offences and the immunity of
diplomats, protection of embassy premises, possible amendment
of the Convention, and powers available to the receiving
state to protect against abuse. Then examines events
relating to the Libyan Peoples Bureau, and the abduction
of Mr Umaru Dikko. Finally reviews Government policy in
the light of these developments.

United Kingdom, Libya, crime, public order, public safety,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office, police,
courier, diplomatic immunity

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