**1.** The counsel of a suspect or an accused who has been admitted as such by the Tribunal, shall not be subjected by the host country to any measure which may affect the free and independent exercise of his or her functions under the Statute.
**2.** In particular, the counsel shall, when holding a certificate that he or she has been admitted as a counsel by the Tribunal, be accorded:
exemption from immigration restrictions;
inviolability of all documents relating to the exercise of his or her functions as a counsel of a suspect or accused;
immunity from criminal and civil jurisdiction in respect of words spoken or written and acts performed by them in their official capacity as counsel. Such immunity shall continue to be accorded to them after termination of their functions as a counsel of a suspect or accused.
**3.** This Article shall be without prejudice to such disciplinary rules as may be applicable to the counsel.
**4.** The right and the duty to waive the immunity referred to in paragraph 2 above in any particular case where it can be waived without prejudice to the administration of justice by the Tribunal and the purpose for which it is granted, shall lie with the Secretary-General.
Artikel XIX
Counsel
Deze tekst geldt sinds 17 november 1994