Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

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United Nations treaty codification treaty international treaty multilateral treaty

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations is a 1963 international treaty that codifies the rules, privileges, and obligations governing consular relations between sovereign states.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations canonical	21
United Nations Conference on Consular Relations	2
Article 23 (persona non grata of consular officers)	1
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963)	1
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963	1
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations treaty framework	1
treaty on consular relations	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ codification treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt	Vienna ⓘ surface form: Vienna, Austria
adoptedOn	1963-04-24 ⓘ
allowsReservation	yes ⓘ
article	Vienna Convention on Consular Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article 23 (persona non grata of consular officers) Article 31 (inviolability of consular premises) ⓘ Article 36 (communication and contact with nationals of the sending State) ⓘ Article 37 (information in cases of deaths, guardianship, wrecks, and air accidents) ⓘ Article 43 (immunity from jurisdiction) ⓘ Article 5 (consular functions) ⓘ Article 55 (respect for the laws and regulations of the receiving State) ⓘ
articleCount	79 ⓘ
basedOnDraftBy	International Law Commission ⓘ
bindingOn	States Parties ⓘ
concludedAt	Vienna ⓘ surface form: Vienna, Austria
defines	consular employee ⓘ consular functions ⓘ consular officer ⓘ consular post ⓘ consular premises ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1967-03-19 ⓘ
field	diplomatic and consular law ⓘ public international law ⓘ
geographicalScope	worldwide ⓘ
governingBody	Vienna Convention on Consular Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations Conference on Consular Relations
hasOptionalProtocol	Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality ⓘ Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes ⓘ surface form: Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
hasPreamble	yes ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedUnder	United Nations ⓘ
purpose	to codify rules of consular relations between States ⓘ to ensure efficient performance of consular functions ⓘ to protect the interests of sending States and their nationals in receiving States ⓘ
registration	United Nations Treaty Series ⓘ
regulates	appointment of consular officers ⓘ consular assistance to detained or imprisoned nationals ⓘ consular fees and charges ⓘ consular functions in civil and administrative matters ⓘ consular immunities ⓘ consular privileges ⓘ establishment of consular posts ⓘ exequatur for heads of consular posts ⓘ freedom of communication of consular posts ⓘ inviolability of consular archives ⓘ inviolability of consular premises ⓘ notification of consular officers upon arrest of a foreign national ⓘ protection of nationals abroad ⓘ termination of consular functions ⓘ
relatedTo	Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ⓘ Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ⓘ
shortName	VCCR ⓘ
signedOn	1963-04-24 ⓘ
subjectMatter	consular access to detained nationals ⓘ consular privileges and immunities ⓘ consular relations ⓘ establishment of consular relations ⓘ functions of consular posts ⓘ termination of consular relations ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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U.S. consulates → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

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

Norwegian consulates → follows → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

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

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations → governingBody → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Conference on Consular Relations

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations → article → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 23 (persona non grata of consular officers)

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

Indian embassies → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963)

Indian consulates → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

United Kingdom consulates-general → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

United States Consul General to Japan → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

French consulates → governedBy → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles → operatesUnder → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Jordanian diplomatic missions → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Philippine consulates abroad → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

United States vice consuls → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

United States consuls → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Consular section of U.S. Embassy Vienna → followsPolicy → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Government of the United States in Ireland → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Colombian embassies and consulates → legalBasis → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

VCCR → fullName → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

VCCR → adoptedBy → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Conference on Consular Relations

Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality → supplements → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality → partOf → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on Consular Relations treaty framework

Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality → category → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: treaty on consular relations

Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality → relatedTo → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Article 37 (information in cases of deaths, guardianship, wrecks, and air accidents) → partOf → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

Article 37 (information in cases of deaths, guardianship, wrecks, and air accidents) → adoptedInInstrument → Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963