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The country sending a person with diplomatic immunity can waive said immunity to allow their diplomat to be prosecuted. It's actually pretty common to do so, w
by retrac 7y ago
The country sending a person with diplomatic immunity can waive said immunity to allow their diplomat to be prosecuted.
It's actually pretty common to do so, when the alleged crime is serious, unrelated to their diplomatic service, and the ex-diplomat can expect a fair trial. At least between countries with reasonably good relations.
Even where extradition isn't possible, cooperation in prosecution is usually expected.
For example, a couple decades ago, a drunk-driving Russian diplomat killed a pedestrian in Ottawa. While Russia does not extradite their citizens, they did cooperate with the Canadian authorities to prosecute him for the crime in Russia, where he was convicted and imprisoned.
- lonelappde 7y agoIs there a list of such cases where diplomats were prosecuted?
- retrac 7y agoNot a specific list for that, that I know of. I've seen a good number of such cases over the years in the news though, most often for drunk driving. Wikipedia's article on diplomatic immunity has a variety of cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_immunity#Vehicular_assault_and_drunk_driving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_immunity#Vehicular_... Some incidents end in waiving of immunity and prosecution in the receiving country. Some end in prosecution by the home country. Some end in the accused getting away with no legal consequences. Some search engine digging finds other examples.