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These advantages are usually given to diplomatic bodies. and enjoy certain exemptions from US taxes and search and seizure laws".

It "established a special group of foreign or international organizations whose members could work in the U.S. The International Organizations Immunities Act (IOIA) is a United States federal law enacted in 1945.

“We submit that the said trial of Senator Ekweremadu in the United Kingdom Court constitutes a grave assault on ‘The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 196’, as it fails to follow international standards and due procedures for trial of officials having Diplomatic immunity. African nations and European nations should be equal when it comes to rights and privileges under International law, but these people have a superiority mindset and so much believed that Africans are corrupt and not entitle to any rights or privileges under International law. “It is submitted that equality before the law is one of the Cardinal principles of the Rule of Law. One thing that is clear is that No African/ Asian country will arrest and detain an American legislator bearing a Diplomatic Passport or a legislator from Europe bearing a Diplomatic Passport without first “In Ekweremadus’ case it is not clear whether the Nigerian government waived the immunity or Senator Ike Ekweremadu waived the immunity. In most cases, this happens only when the official commits or witnesses a serious crime not related to their diplomatic role. “Diplomatic immunity can be waived only by the government of the official’s home country.

If immunity is not waived, prosecution cannot be undertaken. It added, “The Department of State also asks the home country to waive immunity of the alleged offender so that the complaint can be moved to the courts. “It is submitted that even in the United States, if a person with immunity is alleged to have committed a crime or faces a civil lawsuit, the Department of State alerts the government that the diplomat works for.”