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1 Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Adopted on 23 May 1997 [i] (1997)

handle is hein.unl/aprivim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Adopted on 23 May 1997 The States Parties to the present Agreement, Considering that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea establishes the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Recognizing that the Tribunal should enjoy such legal capacity, privileges and immunities as are necessary for the exercise of its functions, Recalling that the Statute of the Tribunal provides, in article 10, that the Members of the Tribunal, when engaged on the business of the Tribunal, shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities, Recognizing that persons participating in proceedings and officials of the Tribunal should enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Tribunal, Have agreed as follows: Article 1 Use of terms For the purposes of this Agreement: (a) Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982; (b) Statute means the Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Annex VI to the Convention; (c) States Parties means States Parties to this Agreement; (d) Tribunal means the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; (e) Member of the Tribunal means an elected member of the Tribunal or a person chosen under article 17 of the Statute for the purpose of a particular case; (f) Registrar means the Registrar of the Tribunal and includes any official of the Tribunal acting as Registrar; (g) officials of the Tribunal means the Registrar and other members of the staff of the Registry; (h) Vienna Convention means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961. Article 2 Juridical personality of the Tribunal The Tribunal shall possess juridical personality. It shall have the capacity:

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