ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book highlights the need for a multi-faceted approach to dealing with the problem of attacks on diplomatic personnel. In relation to the protection of diplomatic personnel, this focus could be done in a number of ways. First, the Security Council is now in a position to continue to develop its executive role in the implementation and enforcement of international law. Secondly, as the International Criminal Court moves beyond its infancy, hopefully overcoming the resistance of a number of key states to its jurisdiction, and develops a sophisticated jurisprudence, the possibility of prosecuting terrorists before an international tribunal may well become a reality. The centrality of the concepts of inviolability and the special duty of protection to the proper functioning of diplomatic relations was unequivocally reaffirmed by the International Court of Justice in 1980 in the Tehran Hostage Case.
