Art. 17 Gastlandverdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Internationale Commissie voor Vermiste Personen

1. Experts performing functions for the ICMP shall be accorded the following privileges, immunities and facilities to the extent necessary for the independent performance of their functions, subject to production of the document referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article: immunity from personal arrest or detention or any other restriction of their liberty in respect of acts or convictions prior to their entry into the territory of the host State; immunity from seizure of their personal baggage; exemption from restrictions on the transport of biological sample material for human identification purposes; immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in the course of the performance of their functions for the ICMP, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after the termination of their functions; inviolability of all papers, documents in whatever form and materials relating to the performance of their functions for the ICMP; for the purposes of their communications with the ICMP, the right to receive and send papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to the performance of their functions for the ICMP by courier or in sealed bags; exemption from inspection of their personal baggage, unless there are serious grounds for believing that the baggage contains articles the import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the host State; an inspection in such a case shall be conducted in the presence of the expert concerned; the same privileges in respect of currency and exchange facilities as are accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official missions; the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to diplomatic agents under the Vienna Convention; exemption from immigration restrictions and alien registration in relation to their functions as specified in the document referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. 2. Experts shall be provided by the ICMP with a document certifying that they are performing functions for the ICMP on a temporary basis and specifying a time period for which their functions will last. Such document shall be withdrawn prior to its expiry if the expert is no longer performing functions for the ICMP. 3. With the exception of paragraph 1(d) of this Article, the privileges, immunities and facilities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall cease to apply after fifteen (15) consecutive days following the date on which the presence of the expert concerned is no longer required by the ICMP. 4. Experts who are nationals or permanent residents of the host State shall enjoy only the following privileges, immunities and facilities to the extent necessary for the independent performance of their functions for the ICMP: immunity from personal arrest or detention or any other restriction of their liberty; immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in the performance of their functions, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after they have ceased to perform their functions; inviolability of all papers, documents in whatever form and materials relating to the performance of their functions; exemption from restrictions on the transport of biological sample material for human identification purposes; for the purpose of their communications with the ICMP the right to receive and send papers in whatever form. 5. Experts shall not be subjected by the host State to any measure which may affect the independent performance of their functions for the ICMP.

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