Onder 4.33 Parket bij de Hoge Raad 16 juli 2020

3. Diplomats are on a general basis not required to pay for police protection either of their premises or their persons. Although it is obvious that diplomats do derive direct (p. 305) benefit from police services, the receiving State is required to provide protection under Articles 22and 29of the Vienna Convention in particular and so the general practice in all countries is to treat embassies and diplomats as exempt from paying for police protection. As explained above in the context of Article 22, this position may be altered by agreement between sending and receiving States, but this does not affect the underlying rule. Diplomats must be accorded freedom of movement and travel within the United Kingdom under Article 26of the Convention, they are required by Article 41to conduct official business with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the location of diplomatic missions in London is in practice controlled under the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987. The security of diplomats must be protected under Article 29and they must under Article 25be given full facilities for the performance of their functions. By analogy with the position in regard to police protection they should be treated as exempt from payment for driving in central London, a facility which is in practice indispensable for the normal performance of their functions.

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