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> What you are describing is not possible. Local law cannot be broken with location and workforce from an international organisation operating within that count
by klmr 9y ago
> What you are describing is not possible. Local law cannot be broken with location and workforce from an international organisation operating within that country
You are quite mistaken. Though “broken” is the wrong word: it’s simply not bound by it, it’s bound by treaties with the host countries, which supersede current local law (but were obviously legal in the previous framework). In particular, the treaties explicitly declare immunity from local law, law enforcement and jurisdiction, as well as inviolability of the premises — there’s no room for interpretation. There are exceptions to this immunity but they do not pertain to our discussion.
For context, I am somewhat familiar with these treaties, as I was part of an employee initiative that was in dispute with our employer at the time. I can’t go into details for obvious reasons but suffice to say that we were disputing clauses in our contract which did contravene some (though not all) member states’ rules. We managed to get those changed, but not without substantial push-back and compromises (some rules are still not in agreement with all host countries).