An African foreign minister and United Nations diplomat living in New York City walked away from rape allegations scot-free over the weekend after police had to release him.
Perhaps one of the most noteworthy cases in recent history involved former International Monetary Fund executive Dominique Strauss-Kahn. In 2012, Kahn tried – though unsuccessfully – to be classified as protected under diplomatic immunity from a lawsuit alleging that he sexually assaulted a maid,Feb. 12, 2015: Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his hotel in Lille, northern France, as he goes on trial for sex charges at a court.A U.S.
"Generally speaking, it doesn't apply to anyone who works for a foreign government," Anderson told Fox News Digital."A foreign government sends certain people who will fill certain capacities. And those capacities can entitle them to certain different types of immunities, depending on the role they fill, the types of responsibilities they have."
The practice developed out of what Anderson called"a long concern" that diplomatic agents"would be detained, harassed, otherwise manipulated in a way to try to"exercise leverage over them while they're in a host country." The United States relies on these immunities really heavily itself," he went on.
However, Muravchik said the police department’s inability to file charges against Oliha is"not the end of the story.""For the moment, we can't touch this man, but his government can lift his diplomatic immunity," he said."In particular, the United States is a very influential country. We can pressure, in extreme cases, other governments where someone has committed a terribleHe added that the United States has"a great deal of influence with South Sudan.
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