{"id":265956,"date":"2023-10-23T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=265956"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:12:06","slug":"canadas-actions-are-in-violation-of-vienna-convention-says-jaishankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/canadas-actions-are-in-violation-of-vienna-convention-says-jaishankar\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s actions are in violation of Vienna Convention, says Jaishankar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cCanada\u2019s actions are in violation of Vienna Convention, says Jaishankar\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 23rd October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India had recently sent back 41 diplomats of Canada from India citing disparity in the number of diplomats between the two countries .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Canada has accused India of violating the Vienna Convention by forcing it to downsize its mission in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this, the Indian Foreign Minister has said that Canada has only violated the Vienna Convention by not ensuring the safety of Indian diplomats.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Vienna Convention?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vienna-convention-on-diplomatic-relations-1961-explained-pointwise\/\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Members: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">193 countries have ratified the convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ratification means that a country should seek approval for the treaty on the domestic level and enact a law in their country to give effect to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India ratified it through the Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act of 1972.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What does the 1961 Vienna Convention say about recalling diplomats?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Article 9: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It says that the receiving State (host country) has the right to declare a diplomat or a member of their staff as &#8220;persona non grata&#8221; or unwelcome.This decision can be made at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The host country is not required to provide a detailed explanation for this decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Article 11:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is no specific agreement on the number of diplomats allowed in a mission, the receiving State (host country) can set limits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The host country can determine the reasonable and normal size of a diplomatic mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 This determination can be made based on the circumstances and conditions in the host country and the specific needs of the mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Are there any past instances of recalling diplomats?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, Russia and the United States asked for each other\u2019s diplomats to be recalled on the principle of parity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In August,2023 Moldova demanded a reduction of diplomats from Russia on the grounds of parity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cCanada\u2019s actions are in violation of Vienna Convention, says Jaishankar\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 23rd October 2023 What is the News? India had recently sent back 41 diplomats of Canada from India citing disparity in the number of diplomats between the two countries .\u00a0 However, Canada&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/canadas-actions-are-in-violation-of-vienna-convention-says-jaishankar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Canada\u2019s actions are in violation of Vienna Convention, says Jaishankar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-265956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":136,"cached_at":1698371521,"cached_date":1698474329},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}