extraterritoriality
Laws crossing borders
Extraterritoriality is the principle that certain persons or places are exempt from the jurisdiction of the country where they're physically located.
Diplomats enjoy extraterritoriality—they can't be arrested or prosecuted by the host nation.
The term also applies to embassy grounds, military bases, and historically to foreign concessions in places like colonial-era China: The treaty granted extraterritoriality to British merchants in Shanghai.
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- diplomatic immunityEnvoy's exemption from prosecution
consul · attaché · legation · diplomatic pouch · persona non grata · accreditation · diplomatic corps · chargé d'affaires
Supreme independent authority
- legal immunityProtection from prosecution
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- host nationCountry organizing an event
- criminal immunityProtection from prosecution
enforcement · applicable law · legal status · judicial process · extradition · prosecution · court jurisdiction · legal protection
Acts of giving in
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish sultanate, 1299-1922
- Qing dynastyLast Chinese imperial regime
- imperialistAdvocate for territorial expansion
Enclosed foreign government facility
- military baseArmed forces facility
- concessionYielding a point
- international zoneArea under joint governance
- Vatican CityIndependent papal microstate
UN headquarters · occupation zone · Guantánamo · naval base · garrison
embassy
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
diplomatic immunity · consul · attaché · legation · diplomatic pouch · persona non grata · accreditation · diplomatic corps · chargé d'affaires · protocol
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- legal immunityProtection from prosecution
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- host nationCountry organizing an event
criminal immunity · enforcement · applicable law · legal status · judicial process · extradition · prosecution · court jurisdiction · legal protection · statute
capitulations
Acts of giving in
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish sultanate, 1299-1922
- Qing dynastyLast Chinese imperial regime
embassy compound
Enclosed foreign government facility
- military baseArmed forces facility
- concessionYielding a point
- international zoneArea under joint governance
Vatican City · UN headquarters · occupation zone · Guantánamo · naval base · garrison
extraterritorialitylocal jurisdiction
Governing power of an area
domestic law · territorial sovereignty · national sovereignty · national law
territory, terrain, territorial, terrestrial, subterranean, territories, terrarium, territoriality, extraterritorial