"Ron Calls on his years of experience....and freezes at the controls" (internerdstuff)
09/19/2014 at 04:44 • Filed to: None
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"Ron Calls on his years of experience....and freezes at the controls" (internerdstuff)
09/19/2014 at 04:44 • Filed to: None | 0
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There was an interesting bit on the local news tonight.Apparently diplomats are immune from most local laws and several diplomats have a habit of regularly offending.Here's one of the links-
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It seems our country can tell their country to take them home but i think that's all that can be done? The TV news actually listed which countries are the biggest offenders (sorry cant find a link) ; Saudia Arabia was worst with about a 100(?) offenses and over $75000 in unpaid fines.Russia were next worst with Jordan,libya and other mideast countries.
Nerd-Vol
> Ron Calls on his years of experience....and freezes at the controls
09/19/2014 at 05:10 |
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What about picking up hookers?
Svend
> Ron Calls on his years of experience....and freezes at the controls
09/19/2014 at 05:13 |
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I recall the American Embassy in London getting 63,000 fines for not paying congestion charge fees totalling £7.2m in 2012.
They all do it.
" Criminal allegations
Mr Hague said the Foreign Office was informed of 12 "serious offences" committed by people with diplomatic immunity in 2012.
These are defined as offences which could carry 12 months or more in prison, as well as drink-driving and driving without insurance.
He said 10 of the alleged offences were driving-related, including six for drink-driving - three by Russians.
The non-driving offences alleged were abuse of a domestic worker and causing actual bodily harm.
In the "most serious" cases the UK asks foreign governments to waive immunity to allow prosecution, or to withdraw an accused diplomat."
There are more serious situations if you delve a little deeper than non payment of fines of course, not to mention how many don't even see the light of day.
Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
> Ron Calls on his years of experience....and freezes at the controls
09/19/2014 at 05:14 |
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Yeah, diplomatic immunity does extend to road law violations (see the value of the parking fines accrued by the North Korean embassy in London ) in practice. It really has to be something spectacular for a diplomat to be declared persona non grata for such violations, though, like a hit and run incident .
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Svend
> Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
09/19/2014 at 05:54 |
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I don't think the North Korean Diplomatic Envoy had a lot to play with in the kitty to be honest. Until recently this was their embassy in London.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Ron Calls on his years of experience....and freezes at the controls
09/19/2014 at 06:40 |
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I live in Canberra so I've had to take defensive measures a couple of times from diplomatic cars driving on the wrong side of the road. I would say that there is an astounding majority of diplomats who stick to the rules though.
Saf1
> Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
09/19/2014 at 07:54 |
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Curious, why does diplomatic immunity exist?
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Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
> Saf1
09/19/2014 at 08:34 |
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According to Wikipedia, it's to ensure that diplomats can do their jobs uninterruped and safely. Sometimes it gets abused, but such abuses are fairly rare in this day and age.
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Saf1
> Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
09/19/2014 at 16:31 |
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In what situations would a diplomat need to break laws to do their jobs? Genuinely curious and could google but would rather discuss it :D