Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

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United Nations treaty international treaty multilateral treaty source of international law

The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is a key international treaty that codifies the rules and protections governing diplomatic missions and their personnel between sovereign states.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities	1
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations principles	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ source of international law ⓘ
adoptedAt	Vienna ⓘ
adoptedBy	Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities
adoptedOn	1961-04-18 ⓘ
allows	sending state to waive diplomatic immunity ⓘ
articleCount	53 ⓘ
codifies	customary international law on diplomatic relations ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations ⓘ
defines	diplomatic agent ⓘ diplomatic bag ⓘ diplomatic courier ⓘ members of the administrative and technical staff ⓘ members of the diplomatic staff ⓘ members of the service staff ⓘ premises of the mission ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1964-04-24 ⓘ
hasGlobalParticipation	yes ⓘ
hasProtocol	Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
obliges	receiving state to prevent disturbance of peace of mission ⓘ receiving state to prevent impairment of mission dignity ⓘ receiving state to protect premises of mission against intrusion or damage ⓘ sending state to waive immunity in certain civil cases of diplomats ⓘ
placeOfNegotiation	Vienna ⓘ
preambleRecognizes	contribution of diplomatic relations to friendly relations among nations ⓘ
providesFor	duty of diplomats to respect laws and regulations of receiving state ⓘ freedom of communication for official purposes ⓘ freedom of movement for diplomatic staff subject to security regulations ⓘ immunity of diplomatic agents from criminal jurisdiction of receiving state ⓘ immunity of diplomatic agents from most civil and administrative jurisdiction ⓘ inviolability of diplomatic bags ⓘ inviolability of diplomatic mission premises ⓘ inviolability of mission archives and documents ⓘ non-interference in internal affairs of receiving state ⓘ persona non grata procedure ⓘ personal inviolability of diplomatic agents ⓘ privileges and immunities of diplomatic families ⓘ protection of mission premises by receiving state ⓘ tax exemptions for diplomatic missions and agents ⓘ termination of functions of diplomatic agents ⓘ
relatedTo	Customary international law on diplomatic immunity ⓘ Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ
shortName	VCDR ⓘ
signedOn	1961-04-18 ⓘ
subjectMatter	appointment of diplomatic agents ⓘ diplomatic missions ⓘ diplomatic privileges and immunities ⓘ diplomatic relations ⓘ functions of diplomatic missions ⓘ inviolability of diplomatic agents ⓘ inviolability of diplomatic premises ⓘ termination of diplomatic missions ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VCDR → abbreviationOf → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations → adoptedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities

Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. → follows → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Israeli embassies abroad → follows → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

United Kingdom high commissions → follows → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

VCDR → fullName → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Apostolic Nunciature → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

British embassies → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of India in Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of Jordan in Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of Malta in Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of North Macedonia in Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of Portugal in Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of Syria in Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

German embassies → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

U.S. embassies → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C. → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Norwegian embassies → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Spanish ambassador to the Holy See → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

United Nations delegates → mustComplyWith → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations delegate

Commonwealth High Commissioners → operatesUnder → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations principles

Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes → relatedInstrument → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations → relatedTo → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

foreign service law of Germany → relatedTo → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes → relatesTo → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Embassy of Monaco in Washington, D.C. → subjectTo → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ

Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations → subjectTo → Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ