the privileges and immunities of diplomatic envoy

Nearly all States today are represented in the territory of foreign states by diplomatic envoys and their staffs.such diplomatic character.
According to the vienna convention on diplomatic relations of 18 April 1961,heads of diplomatic mission are divided into three classes:
   * Ambassadors.
   * Ministers.
   * Charges d.affaires.
The appointment of an individual as ambassador or minister is usually announce to the state to which is accredited in certain official papers knows as letters of Credence or Letters de Creance.States may refuse to receive diplomatic envoys without having to explain its decision.

The Privileges and Immunities of Diplomatic Envoys

These are primairly based on the need to ensure the efficient performance of the functions diplomatic missions.Diplomatic envoys enjoy examption from local civil and criminal jurisidiction.they also have a right to inviolability of the person.this protects them from molestation of any kind and of course from arrest or detention by the local authorities.they are exempt from all dues and taxes other than certain taxes and charges set out in Article 34 of the Vienna Convention.A new right is conferred by Article 26 of the Convention namely a right of members of a diplomatic mission to move and travel freely in the territory of the receiving state,except in prohibited security zones.other privileges and immunities dealt with in detail in the convention include the freedom of communication for official purpose,exemption from social security and exemption from receives and military obligations.

Termination of Diplomatic Mission

A diplomatic mission may come to an end for various reasons:
1-Recall of the envoy by his accrediting state.the letter of recall is usually handed to the head of the state or to the Minister of foreign affairs.
2-Notification by the sending state to the receiving state that the envoy function has come to an end.
3-A request by the receiving state that the envoy be recalled.
4-Delivery of passports to the envoy and his staff and suite by the receiving state as when war breaks out between the accrediting and receiving states.
5-Notification by the receiving state to the sending state,that it refuse to recognise the envoy as a member of the mission.
6-Fulfilment of the object of the mission.