Online Masterclass: Khashoggi, Assange and Congestion Charge: Current Topics in Diplomatic and Consular Law

Join Edinburgh Law School for our Masterclass 'Kashoggi, Assange and Congestion Charge. Current Topics in Diplomatic and Consular Law' - a two-day online course which looks into some of the most fascinating questions of the law of diplomatic and consular relations.

This course will be held on 9 and 10 July 2025. The course fee is £215.00 and all participants will receive a certificate of completion from Edinburgh Law School at the end of the course.

Diplomatic and consular law are two of the most fascinating areas of international law. They look back on a long history, but they also continue to raise intriguing questions which puzzle observers and which will be at the centre of our seminars. What, for instance, was a Hungarian cardinal doing for 15 years in the American embassy in Budapest? Why did a Nigerian politician find himself inside a diplomatic bag? How did the International Court of Justice try to stop an execution in Arizona, and why did this involve questions of consular law?

Other questions that arise in this area are of everyday concern to diplomatic agents and consular officers, and everybody who has an interest in this area. What are the immunities that diplomats and consuls enjoy, and why is the inviolability of the premises of the mission important? What does the receiving State have to do to support the work of diplomats and consuls? Does international law allow the planting of listening devices in diplomatic and consular missions?

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