ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the specific rules of international law providing for the protection of diplomatic personnel, most notably in the form of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961. Multi-faceted approach is apparent in the recent attempts to deal with the problem of attacks on diplomatic personnel. As with the problem of the destruction of civilian aircraft, this approach has been occasioned through the development of a broader approach to the problem of international terrorism rather then through focus on the specific problem. The problem of terrorism has in the past been approached by international lawyers on the basis of specific anti-terrorism regimes, of which the 1973 Convention is an example. Finally, in relation to the specific problem of attacks on diplomatic personnel, it is clear to the present writer that states would be unwilling to allow attacks against diplomatic personnel to come within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
