diplomatic status
Envoy's legal shield
Diplomatic status is the legal standing granted to foreign government representatives that provides certain privileges and immunities under international law.
A person with diplomatic status typically cannot be arrested or prosecuted by the host country: The ambassador's diplomatic status protected him from local prosecution.
The phrase often appears when these protections become controversial—diplomats causing accidents or committing crimes may face no legal consequences because of their diplomatic status.
- inviolabilityProtected from transgression
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- foreign policyInternational relations strategy
- extraterritorialityLegal reach beyond borders
- tax exemptionFreedom from governmental levies
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- legal statuslegal capacity, personhood, legal entity, legal identity, legal standing
- diplomatic immunityinviolability, extraterritoriality, persona non grata, expulsion
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- temporary staystourist visa, hostel stay, hotel stay, Airbnb, short-term lease
- Vatican Lawchurch law, papal bull, papal bulls, Lateran Treaty, concordat
diplomatic statuspersona non grata
Officially unwelcome individual
private citizen · legal liability · immigrant status · undocumented status · statelessness
diplomatic statusprivate citizen
diplomatic statusordinary citizen
undocumented status · refugee status · stateless person · asylum seeker · immigrant status
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