Honorary Consul of X v. Austria

Abstract

553Consular relations — Honorary consul — Immunity — National of receiving State — Driving offences — Arrest following commission of offences — Claim against receiving State for damages — Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963 — Articles 43 and 71(1) — Difference in scope of immunity granted by these two provisions — Immunity under Article 71(1) limited to “official acts” attributable to sending State — Whether covering the driving of motor vehicle by consular officer — Article 40 of Convention — Protection of person of consular officer — Whether including freedom from arrest — Failure of consular officer to furnish proof of identity and status — The law of Austria