Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Diplomatic Immunity, Diplomatic Recognition, Extraterritoriality
8 Mar 2018
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Getting outsiders out from telling people what to do. Sovereignty is very important topic in international law. If one government agrees to treaty, they have to respect it as well as the governments after then. Governments usually comply because if they break rules, they are scared other countries will follow. When countries recognizes other country as sovereign. Laws of one country do not apply in the embassy of anther country. If you are a diplomat working in another country, the host country cannot prosecute you. Prosecutes individuals of aggressive crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes. Salt i and salt ii - arms control su and us. Convention on the rights of the child. Once war is on, there are still rules. Now international community has responsibility to protect civilians. Decision for military response is never automatic. Application for international law is a matter of politics. Intervention in europe is more common than intervention in remote nation.
