Limits of Diplomatic Immunity

Just as we were discussing the international law principles on immunity, an issue of diplomatic immunity came up in the news. Here is a blog post analyzing a recent Supreme Court of the United Kingdom case, Reyes v. Al-Malki, which involved allegations of human trafficking against Saudi diplomats in England. The issues are not unlike those raised in the case I mentioned in class, involving a member of the Indian consulate in New York, who the district attorney wanted to charge for visa fraud in connection with the employment of a foreign laborer. You can read about the other case I mentioned, involving the CIA contractor in Pakistan, here - though there are many articles written about this incident. His detention complicated the planning around the killing of Osama Bin Laden.