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Diplomatic immunity and the Mental Health Act 1983

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Pariente
David Pariente*
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Napsbury Hospital, London Colney, Near St Albans AL2 1AA
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The UK, in common with all other countries party to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, affords foreign diplomats a special status in law. Under the Diplomatic Privileges Act (1964) (DPA), accredited diplomats are accorded inviolability and cannot be detained compulsorily under any Act of Parliament, including the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , April 1991 , pp. 207 - 209
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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