Convention on privileges and immunities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Type of Document: Treaties
International Organization: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Year: 2004
Country: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
The Convention, concluded on 17 June 2004 and entered into force on 4 October 2007, regulates the privileges and immunities of the Shangai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The SCO shall be endowed with international legal capacity and shall enjoy such legal capacity on the territory of each Member State, which shall be necessary for the implementation of its purposes and objectives (Article 2).
The SCO, its property and its assets shall enjoy immunity from every form of administrative or judicial process, except for cases in which the Organization itself waives its immunity. No waiver of immunity shall extend to any measure of execution (Article 3).
The SCO shall cooperate with the authorities and administrative bodies of the Member States with an eye to ensuring the proper course of justice and compliance with the orders of law-enforcement authorities, as well as preventing any abuse of the privileges and immunities envisaged by this Convention (Article 9).
The officials and Experts in the territory of the Member States shall be immune from criminal, civil and administrative liability in respect of words spoken or written by them and all acts performed by them in their official capacity, except
for: claims for damages in connection with a traffic accident caused by a vehicle belonging to or operated by the Organization or an official; claims for damages in connection with death or bodily injury caused by the action of an official (Articles 11 and 17). The Executive Secretary, the Director, and their deputies, as well as their family members, shall enjoy other privileges and immunities accorded under international law to diplomatic agents and their family members (Article 12).