Legal status of the diplomatic courier

Abstract

This article examines the legal status of the diplomatic courier carrying out dispatch, delivery and receipt of the pouch, ensuring its integrity in the relationship between the diplomatic mission and the sending State. The author analyzes the legal framework governing the status of the diplomatic courier. Based on the analysis of existing international legal norms, emphasis is placed on those circumstances that is legally settled, regarding the status of the diplomatic courier, but the unsettled which is the basis for the conflict.

Keywords

• дипломатический курьер
• дипломатическая почта
• дипломатическое представительство
• дипломатический агент
• государство пребывания
• неприкосновенность