The Appropriate Scope of Diplomatic Immunity

Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7, course: Master of International and European Public Law, language: English, abstract: Historically, diplomatic immunity arose out from the respect of the messengers who carry the message of their ruler or sovereign to declare war, conclude peace or about other important national issues. What is the appropriate scope of diplomatic immunity or whether the diplomatic privileges and immunities are too broad and in what parts they should be limited? The answer to this question requires the study of the history, theory, and practice of the diplomatic privileges and immunities. The Vienna Convention is the vital subject of this work because it codified in details the customary law and the diplomatic practices regarding the diplomatic privileges and immunities. This work also analyses some cases, explaining how the rules regarding the diplomatic privileges and immunities are implementing in practice.

Education 2013Master degree in International and European Public Law, American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1989 Faculty of Electro technology, University of Sarajevo Career Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, New York Counsellor and Deputy of Head of Department, Economic Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo. Counsellor, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Third Secretary, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bonn, Germany Training Diplomatic Training for Diplomats in: Bonn, Germany; Japan, Tokyo; The Hague, Netherlands; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Washington D.C, USA; and Hamburg, Germany; Languages: Bosnian, English, German, Spanish (introduction course) Published Books 2008Diplomacy, Sahinpasic, 2008, Sarajevo Published Articles 2001Reform of Institutions of European Union, Pravna misao, January 2001, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002Recognition of state - from declarative acceptance of facts to politic management of crisis, Pravna misao, February 2002, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002Economic diplomacy - challenge on the beginning of 21st century, Pravni savjetnik, December, 2002, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003Virtual Embassy - How make closer distant countries?, ZIPS, December 2003, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina