3. Additional immunities and privileges of Tribunal

In addition to its immunities and privileges under the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) Order 2023 (G.N. No. S 265/2023), the Tribunal enjoys the following immunities and privileges:

subject to any conditions that may be agreed with the Government, inviolability of the court facilities;

inviolability of the archives of the Tribunal and all documents belonging to or held by it, wherever they are located in Singapore;

inviolability of the official communications and correspondence of the Tribunal;

freedom of communication for all official purposes, including the right to use codes or cipher;

the right to dispatch and receive official communications and correspondence by courier or in a sealed bag, such courier to enjoy the same inviolability as a diplomatic courier, and such bag to have the same status as a diplomatic bag, under Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.