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Appendix — Privileges and immunities (Article 10) Verdrag van de Raad van Europa tot bescherming van het advocatenberoep

Privileges and immunities (Article 10)

1. This appendix shall apply to the members of GRAVO mentioned in Article 10 of this Convention, as well as to other members of the country visit delegations. For the purpose of this appendix, the expression “other members of the country visit delegations” shall include the independent national experts and the specialists mentioned in Article 12, paragraphs 3 and 4, of this Convention, staff members of the Council of Europe and interpreters employed by the Council of Europe accompanying GRAVO during its country visits.

2. The members of GRAVO and the other members of the country visit delegations shall, while exercising their functions relating to the preparation and the carrying out of country visits, as well as the follow-up thereto and travelling in connection with those functions, enjoy the following privileges and immunities:

a) immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage, and immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity;

b) exemption from any restrictions on their freedom of movement on exit from and return to their country of residence, and entry into and exit from the country in which they exercise their functions, and from alien registration in the country which they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions.

3. In the course of journeys undertaken in the exercise of their functions, the members of GRAVO and the other members of the country visit delegations shall, in the matter of customs and exchange control, be accorded the same facilities as those accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official duty.

4. The documents relating to the evaluation of the implementation of this Convention carried by members of GRAVO and other members of the country visit delegations shall be inviolable. No stoppage or censorship shall be applied to the official correspondence of GRAVO or to official communications of members of GRAVO and other members of the country visit delegations.

5. In order to secure for the members of GRAVO and the other members of the country visit delegations complete freedom of speech and complete independence in the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in discharging their duties shall continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer engaged in the discharge of such duties.

6. Privileges and immunities are granted to the persons mentioned in paragraph 1 of this appendix in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions in the interests of GRAVO and not for their personal benefit. The waiver of immunities of the persons mentioned in paragraph 1 of this appendix shall be made by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in any case where, in his or her opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and where it can be waived without prejudice to the interests of GRAVO.

Regeling
Verdrag van de Raad van Europa tot bescherming van het advocatenberoep
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
13-05-2025
BWB-id
BWBV0007100
Versie
2025-05-13_0

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