

However, Ireland is bound by the rules of customary international law as regards state immunity. Ireland is not a party to the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property.


the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.the United Nations and specialised agencies of the United Nations.The Acts also confer certain privileges and immunities on: Effect is given to Ireland’s obligations under these Conventions by the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Acts 1967-2006. The two Vienna Conventions recognise the functional necessity of diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities for the peaceful and efficient conduct of international relations. As is stated in the preamble to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, “peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognised the status of diplomatic agents”. These two international treaties codify what is perhaps one of the oldest and most accepted fields of international law, namely the formal relations between states and their official representatives. In 1967, Ireland ratified the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963. The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations has for over 50 years been central to diplomacy and applied to all forms of relations among sovereign States. To facilitate the peaceful and efficient conduct of these relations, certain privileges and immunities exist under international law and have been given effect to in Irish law. One of the oldest and most accepted fields of international law is the formal relations between states and their official representatives.
