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Act Preserving the Privileges of Ambassadors

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history of diplomatic immunity concept

  • In extraterritoriality

    …incident ensued, and the famous Act Preserving the Privileges of Ambassadors (1708) was passed. The United States enacted a substantially identical statute in 1790. A United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities, held in Vienna in 1961, resulted in the signing of a Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

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