Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
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Key facts
- Drafted
- 22 April 1963
- Signed
- 24 April 1963
- Location
- Vienna
- Effective
- 19 March 1967
- Condition
- Ratification by 22 states
- Parties
- 182 (as of November 2021)
- Depositary
- UN Secretary-General (Convention and the two Protocols) , Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Austria (Final Act)
- Citations
- 596 U.N.T.S. 261; 23 U.S.T. 3227
- Languages
- Chinese , English , French , Russian and Spanish
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- multilateral treaty
- Named after
- Vienna
- Country
- Austria
- Location
- Vienna
- Image
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.png
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- work available at URL
- treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20596/volume-596-I-8638-Other.pdf
- depositary
- United Nations Secretary-General
- point in time
- 1963-04-24
- applies to jurisdiction
- Guernsey
- short name
- WÜK
- Commons category
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- effective date
- 1967-03-19
- place of publication
- Vienna
- law identifier
- 昭和58年条約第14号
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Encyclopedic overview
The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations is an international treaty that defines a framework for consular relations between sovereign states. It codifies many consular practices that originated from state custom and various bilateral agreements between states.
Consuls have traditionally been employed to represent the interests of states or their nationals at an embassy or consulate in another country. The Convention defines and articulates the functions, rights, and immunities accorded to consular officers and their offices, as well as the rights and duties of "receiving States" (where the consul is based) and "sending States" (the state the consul represents).
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