Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Secretariat, its Personnel and Representatives of Members of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia
Type of Document: Treaties
International Organization: CICA
Year: 2010
Country: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, South Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan
The Convention regulates the Privileges and Immunities of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and its personnel.
The Secretariat shall enjoy in the territory of each Party such legal capacity as is necessary for the exercise of its functions (Article 2).
Immunity shall be waived where the immunity would impede the course of justice and without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded. The waiver must always be express (Article 3).
The Secretariat, its property and assets, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from any form of administrative actions or legal processes, except in so far as in any particular case the immunity has been expressly waived. In exceptional cases, the CICA Senior Officials Committee, upon the proposal of the Executive Director, shall take a decision on waiving the immunity (Article 4).
The Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director and Members of the professional personnel shall enjoy as immunity from legal processes in respect of words spoken and written and for all actions performed by them in their official capacity, except for: I. lawsuits regarding the reimbursement of damage in connection with road accidents that were caused by a vehicle, belonging to the Secretariat or one of above mentioned persons or being driven by them; II. Lawsuits regarding the reimbursement of damage in connection with the death or bodily injury, that were caused by the actions of above persons (Article 5).