14 FAH 4 H 220 Diplomatic Pouch Descriptions and Procedures Form

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hi there students in this video I wanted to look at the concept of diplomatic immunity and also the Diplomatic bag or diplomatic pouch as it's also called and the Diplomatic Courier who goes with the Diplomatic bag firstly diplomatic immunity means that diplomats these are people who work in embassies in other countries they are exempt they are the law of that country um does not apply to them for example they don't have to play pay tax they're exempt um from the laws of the country where they are so the um British Ambassador in uh America um has is immune he he can't be prosecuted uh for most things uh that he does in the United States yeah he's immune to American law this also this concept of diplomatic immunity also applies to um his family and the people who work for him in the embassy and their families as well this generally means there that you can't search them you can't arrest them you can't uh tax them either yeah and this is for these people and their dependents the family t