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Consular immunity
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<p>Consular immunity privileges are described in the <a href="/facts/Vienna_Convention_on_Consular_Relations/jCx41pI1">Vienna Convention on Consular Relations</a> of 1963 (VCCR). Consular immunity offers protections similar to <a href="/facts/Diplomatic_immunity/sKLq0WNj">diplomatic immunity</a>, but these protections are not as extensive, given the functional differences between <a href="/facts/Consul_(representative)/KBH7xwYY">consular</a> and diplomatic officers. For example, consular officers are not accorded absolute immunity from a host country’s <a href="/facts/Criminal_jurisdiction/gjLKSc4b">criminal jurisdiction</a>, they may be tried for certain local crimes upon action by a local court, and are immune from local jurisdiction only in cases directly relating to consular functions. </p>