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The article doesn't mention this, but according to TAP, he was traveling with his regular passport instead of a diplomatic one[1], so he had no diplomatic immun
by bsza 7y ago
The article doesn't mention this, but according to TAP, he was traveling with his regular passport instead of a diplomatic one[1], so he had no diplomatic immunity.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-libya/tunisia-says-u-n-official-arrested-in-anti-terrorism-probe-agency-idUSKCN1RB0LG https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-libya/tunisia-say...
- dannyw 7y agoUN allowing him to travel on a normal passport seems like a big problem. Diplomatic immunity should be SOP for precisely this reason.
- csomar 7y agoI think he used his normal passport because he was entering his own country and had no doubt he is fine. Should be an unthinkable measure to take from here forward for UN officials.
- amanaplanacanal 7y agoAs a US citizen, I was under the impression that I have to use my US passport when entering the US. Is that not the case everywhere?
- dannyw 7y agoI'm sure there's an exception for diplomatic passports.
- gnode 7y agoMy understanding is that the host country has to agree to receive diplomats, and can expel them at their leisure. Could it be the case that Tunisia didn't grant his ingress as a diplomat they knew would be investigating their non-compliance with sanctions, he went and did the investigation anyway, and Tunisia now consider this to be a violation of that non-consent?