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{{Infobox treaty
| name                = Protection of Diplomats Convention
| long_name           = Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
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| type                = [[anti-terrorism]], [[international criminal law]], privileges and immunities; diplomatic relations
| date_drafted        = 14 December 1973
| date_signed         = 28 December 1973<ref>First signed by the United States.</ref>
| location_signed     = [[New York City|New York]], [[United States]]
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 20 February 1977
| condition_effective = 22 ratifications
| date_expiration     =
| signatories         = 25
| parties             = 180
| depositor           = [[United Nations Secretary-General]]
| language            =
| languages           = Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish
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The '''Protection of Diplomats Convention''' (formally, the '''Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents''') is a [[United Nations]] [[anti-terrorism]] [[Multilateral treaty|treaty]] that codifies some of the traditional principles on the necessity of protecting [[diplomat]]s.

==Adoption==
The convention was adopted as a resolution of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] on 14 December 1973 in response to a series of kidnappings and murders of diplomatic agents, beginning in the 1960s. It was drafted by the [[International Law Commission]] (ILC), which began work on it in 1971. It was adopted within two years, which was exceptionally fast by ILC standards.<ref>Blumenau, Bernhard. ''The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s'' Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 104–13.</ref>

==Content==
Parties to the convention agree to criminalise the commission of murders or kidnappings of internationally protected persons as well as violent attacks against the [[Diplomatic mission|official premises]], private accommodation, or means of transport of such persons. Parties to the convention also agree to criminalise the attempted commission or threatened commission of such acts. "Internationally protected persons" is a term created by the convention, and refers explicitly to [[head of state|heads of state]], [[head of government|heads of government]], [[foreign minister]]s, [[ambassador]]s, other official diplomats, and members of their families.

A central provision of the convention is the principle of ''[[aut dedere aut judicare]]''—that a party to the treaty must either (1) prosecute a person who commits an offence against an internationally protection person or (2) send the person to another state that requests his or her [[extradition]] for prosecution of the same crime.

==Ratifications and parties==
By the end of 1974, the convention had been signed by 25 states and it came into force on 20 February 1977 after it had been ratified by 22 states. As of October 2016, it has been ratified by 180 state parties, which includes 177 [[United Nations member states]] plus the [[Holy See]], [[Niue]] and the [[State of Palestine]]. The UN member states that have not ratified the convention are:
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==Notes==
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==References==
*B. Blumenau, ''The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, ch. 3. ISBN 978-1-137-39196-4.
*A. B. Green, "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Diplomatic Agents and Other Internationally Protected Persons: An Analysis", ''[[Virginia Journal of International Law]]'', vol. 14 (1973–1974) pp.&nbsp;703–728.
*F. Przetacznik, "Convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against internationally protected persons", ''Revue de droit international, de sciences diplomatiques et politiques'', vol. 52 (1974) pp.&nbsp;208–247.
*M. C. Wood, "The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents", ''[[International and Comparative Law Quarterly]]'', vol. 23 (1974) pp.&nbsp;791–817

==External links==
*Michael Wood, [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/cppcipp/cppcipp.html "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents"], un.org
*[http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/3166(XXVIII) Text].
*[https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-7&chapter=18&clang=_en Ratifications].

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