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Immunities and privileges of experts appointed under article 289 of Convention, agents, counsel, advocates, witnesses, experts and persons performing missions by order of Tribunal

Diplomatic and Consular Relations (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) Order 2023

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—(1) Each of the following individuals enjoys the immunities and privileges set out in sub‑paragraph (2) during the period of his or her mission in connection with any proceedings of the Tribunal or a Chamber of the Tribunal in Singapore, including the time spent on journeys in connection with that mission:(a)an expert appointed under article 289 of the Convention;(b)an agent, a counsel or an advocate before the Tribunal or the Chamber of the Tribunal;(c)a witness, an expert or any person performing the mission in Singapore by order of the Tribunal or the Chamber of the Tribunal.(2) The immunities and privileges mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) are as follows:(a)immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of his or her personal baggage;(b)exemption from inspection of personal baggage, unless there are serious grounds for believing that the baggage contains articles not for personal use or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the laws of Singapore or controlled by any quarantine regulations of Singapore, in which case the inspection must be conducted in the presence of the individual concerned;(c)immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and acts done by the individual in the discharge of any of his or her official functions;(d)inviolability of the individual’s documents and papers.(3) The immunity enjoyed by an individual under sub‑paragraph (2)(c) continues even after he or she has ceased to exercise his or her official functions. (4) In addition to the immunities and privileges set out in sub‑paragraph (2), an agent, a counsel or an advocate before the Tribunal or a Chamber of the Tribunal enjoys, for the period of his or her mission in Singapore (including the time spent on journeys in connection with that mission), the right to receive papers or correspondence by a courier or in a sealed bag, such a 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.

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