Supreme Court could hear groundbreaking case that challenges UN immunity

Fox News ^ | 21 September 2019 | Ben Evansky

[bert]

Why litigate Hatian cholera in a US court?

[MrBambaLaMamba]

The finale of the great allegorical cinematic masterpiece Lethal Weapon 2 -After shooting whiteman hero, Detective Riggs in the back multiple times with a scary and military looking antique Mauser pistol, the arch-villain Arjen Rudd, an old white man and agent of the racist Afrikaner apartheid government of South Africa, utters "Diplomatic immunity" while waving his passport. Rudd is then assassinated by a bullet between the eyes fired by African- Amercan detective Roger Murtaugh using his service revolver from 100 yards away. The viewer can imagine, but not hear Murtaugh say to himself, "that pays many debts', as that quote is from another franchise.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Seems to me this should be a simple to rule on case.

It is. The U.S. signed, and the Senate ratified, a treaty giving the U.N. diplomatic immunity in U.S. courts.

[mowowie]

VERY NICE.

Thank You

[Lurking Libertarian]

Why should anyone have diplomatic immunity? If we choose to go into their country we are expected to obey their laws, just as they should when they are here, Why is there even such a thing as diplomatic immunity?

Diplomatic immunity has existed literally for thousands of years. How could any country send an ambassador to negotiate with a potentially hostile country if they had to worry that their ambassador would be arrested on trumped-up charges?

[Lurking Libertarian]

After the numerous rapes, murders, drunk driving deaths, etc on the part of UN personnel....THIS is the case that the SCOTUS will rule upon?!

No, SCOTUS has been asked to rule on this case. They won't take it.

[GaryCrow]

I also don’t see why the U.S. Supreme Court would be involved with a case between the U.N. and Haitians. That being said, diplomatic immunity and status of forces agreements are essential between countries sending diplomats or military forces into other countries. It’s impossible for a diplomat or military member to do their jobs if they’re not protected from harassment by the host nation, most other nations don’t have U.S. standards of due process and fear of arbitrary arrest would make their work impossible. Imagine how the current U.S. presence in Afghanistan would work if local tribal leaders could arrest U.S. soldiers for seeing a woman without her head covered during a raid on a suspected terrorist’s house.

I also have a hard time believing anyone could bring a disease to a pigsty like Haiti that isn’t already there in spades.

[Amberdawn]

To prevent diplomats being taken hostage in the event of hostilities initially. Now, of course, diplomats use it to get away with crimes.

[AFreeBird]

A lethal weapon movie I believe.