Article 23 Experts

1.

a)

immunity from personal arrest or detention or any other restriction of their liberty in respect of acts or convictions prior to their entry into the territory of the Host State;

b)

immunity from seizure of their personal baggage;

c)

immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in the course of the performance of their functions for the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after the termination of their functions;

d)

inviolability of all papers, documents in whatever form and materials relating to the performance of their functions for the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution;

e)

for the purposes of their communications with the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution, the right to receive and send papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to the performance of their functions for the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution by courier or in sealed bags;

f)

exemption from inspection of their personal baggage, unless there are serious grounds for believing that the baggage contains articles the import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the Host State; an inspection in such a case shall be conducted in the presence of the expert concerned;

g)

the same privileges in respect of currency and exchange facilities as are accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official missions;

h)

the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to diplomatic agents under the Vienna Convention;

i)

exemption from immigration restrictions and alien registration in relation to their functions as specified in the document referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.

2.

3.

4.

a)

immunity from personal arrest or detention or any other restriction of their liberty;

b)

immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in the performance of their functions, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after they have ceased to perform their functions;

c)

inviolability of all papers, documents in whatever form and materials relating to the performance of their functions;

d)

for the purpose of their communications with the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution the right to receive and send papers in whatever form.

5.