Artikel 3 Verdrag inzake de zetel van het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage

Article 3 Immunity from Legal Process; Immunity of Property from Other Actions 1 The PCA, and its Property, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall enjoy immunity from every form of legal process, except in the case of: a) express waiver by the PCA of immunity in a particular case; b) civil action by a third party for damages arising out of an accident caused by a motor vehicle belonging to, or operated on behalf of, the PCA where these damages are not recoverable from insurance. 2 The Headquarters of the PCA shall be inviolable. The Property of the PCA, wherever situated, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action except in so far as the PCA shall have expressly waived its immunity. It is, however, understood that no waiver of immunity shall extend to any measure of execution. 3 The Archives of the PCA, wherever situated, shall be inviolable at all times.