Diplomatic Immunity and Challenges to its Implementation in Ethiopia
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2020
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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The principle of diplomatic immunity is premised on a fiction: injury to an individual is treated as if it constituted injury to the individual’s national state, entitling the national state to espouse the claim based on the international law principles. While the 1961 VCDR and local laws of Ethiopia on diplomatic immunity acknowledged this legal fiction, it continues to be the subject of debate and complexity in its practical implementation. Therefore, the study examines and critical analysis the discrepancies, gaps and uncertainties in the 1961 VCDR and other pertinent local legislations on the implementation of diplomatic immunity in Ethiopia as the host state. As well, this study tries to consider with scrutiny about the magnitude of diplomatic immunity implementation challenges and the mechanisms designed and availed by the Ethiopian government, in light of the well-established diplomatic international law, in which they could be put in to practice to bring about proper implementation of diplomatic immunities.