Article 18 Counsel and persons assisting defence counsel

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a)

Immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of his or her personal baggage;

b)

Immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by him or her in official capacity, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after he or she has ceased to exercise his or her functions;

c)

Inviolability of papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to the exercise of his or her functions;

d)

For the purposes of communications in pursuance of his or her functions as counsel, the right to receive and send papers and documents in whatever form;

e)

Exemption from immigration restrictions or alien registration;

f)

Exemption from inspection of 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 State Party concerned; an inspection in such a case shall be conducted in the presence of the counsel 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.

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