Artikel 15 Verdrag inzake de privileges en immuniteiten van het Internationale Hof voor het recht van de zee

Article 15 Experts appointed under article 289 of the Convention Experts appointed under article 289 of the Convention shall be accorded, during the period of their missions, including the time spent on journeys in connection with their missions, such privileges, immunities and facilities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions. In particular, they shall be accorded: a) immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage; b) exemption from inspection of personal baggage, unless there are serious grounds for believing that the baggage contains articles not for personal use or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the State Party concerned; an inspection in such a case shall be conducted in the presence of the expert concerned; c) immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and acts done by them in discharging their functions, which immunity shall continue even after they have ceased to exercise their functions; d) inviolability of documents and papers; e) exemption from immigration restrictions or alien registration; f) the same facilities in respect of currency and exchange restrictions as are accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official missions; g) such experts shall be accorded the same repatriation facilities in time of international crises as are accorded to diplomatic agents under the Vienna Convention.