EXPLAINER: What is diplomatic immunity and what does it have to do with migrant domestic work? EXPLAINER: What is diplomatic immunity and what does it have to do with migrant domestic work?

Diplomatic immunity allows diplomats and employees of international organizations to perform their official duties without fear of criminal or civil suit A Rappler investigation shows that diplomatic immunity has enabled diplomats to exploit their domestic workers with impunity.

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This means that they are protected from civil and criminal suit and cannot be subjected to any form of arrest or detention in the country where they are assigned to perform their official duties.Diplomats play a crucial role in protecting the interests of their sending state. An ambassador – while serving their post in a receiving state – acts as the highest ranking official of the country they represent. They can negotiate and sign treaties and facilitate trade deals.

Allegations range from wage theft – the most common – to forced labor, extreme emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse. In some instances, some migrant domestic workers were not paid at all.Some 29 officials implicated in cases of domestic worker exploitation are still holding key positions in embassies or international organizations

This exception to diplomatic immunity was cited in the case won by Filipino domestic worker, Josephine Wong against her employer, Khalid Basfar, a diplomat representing Saudi Arabia in the United Kingdom.

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