Abstract
This Note will briefly trace the development of diplomatic immunity law in the United States, including the changes adopted by the Vienna Convention, leading to the passage of the DRA in 1978. The discussion will then focus upon the DRA and point out a few of the areas in which the statute may fail to provide adequate protection for the rights of private citizens in the United States. As a means of curing the inadequacies of the present DRA, the feasibility of a claims fund designed to compensate the victims of the tortious and criminal acts of foreign diplomats in the United States will be examined.
Recommended Citation
R. Scott Garley,
Compensation for "Victims" of Diplomatic Immunity in the United States: A Claims Fund Proposal,
4 Fordham Int'l L.J. 135
(1980).
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