Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 5
Privileges and immunities 5 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, provide that (a) an international organization shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate; (b) an international organization shall, to the extent specified in the order, have the privileges and immunities set out in Articles II and III of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, set out in Schedule III; (b.1) subject to subsection (1.2), accredited missions shall, to the extent specified in the order, have privileges and immunities comparable to the privileges and immunities accorded to diplomatic missions of foreign states in Canada under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; (c) representatives of a foreign state that is a member of or participates in an international organization shall, to the extent specified in the order, have the privileges and immunities set out in Article IV of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations; (d) representatives of a foreign state that is a member of an international organization headquartered in Canada, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall, to the extent specified in the order, have privileges and immunities comparable to the privileges and immunities accorded to diplomatic representatives, and members of their families forming part of their households, in Canada under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; (e) members of the administrative and technical staff, and members of their families forming part of their households, and the service staff of the mission of a foreign state that is a member of an international organization headquartered in Canada, other than persons who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, shall, to the extent specified in the order, have privileges and immunities comparable to the privileges and immunities accorded to such persons under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; (f) such senior officials of an international organization as may be designated by the Governor in Council, and, in the case of an international organization headquartered in Canada, members of their families forming part of their households, shall, to the extent specified in the order, have privileges and immunities comparable to the privileges and immunities accorded to diplomatic agents, and members of their families forming part of their households, under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; (g) such other officials of an international organization as may be designated by the Governor in Council shall, to the extent specified in the order, have the privileges and immunities set out in Section 18 of Article V of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations; (h) such experts as may be designated by the Governor in Council who perform missions for an international organization shall, to the extent specified in the order, have the privileges and immunities set out in Article VI of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations; (h.1) such other classes of persons as may be designated by the Governor in Council who, in accordance with a treaty, convention or agreement set out in Schedule IV, are entitled to privileges and immunities, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall, to the extent specified in the order, have privileges and immunities comparable to the privileges and immunities accorded to diplomatic agents, and members of their families forming part of their households, under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; and (i) the judges, officials and staff of the International Criminal Court, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act , and counsel, experts, witnesses and other persons required to be present at the seat of that Court shall have the privileges and immunities set out in article 48 of the Rome Statute, as defined in that subsection, and t